Question

describe the frost king episode in Helen keller's story of my life

Answer 1

Helen had written a story called, "The Frost King" and words and images had come tripping from her finger ends. Everyone liked the story, so Helen sent the story to Mr. Anagnos, on his birthday. Mr. Anagnos was extremely delighted and the story was published in Perkins Institution reports. In a short time, it was discovered that a similar story called "Birdie and His Friends" written by Miss Canby had been published before. Both the stories were so much alike in thought and language so Helen was accused of plagiarism, which Helen couldn't understand. Mr. Anagnos was deelpy hurt and he believed that both Anne Sullivan and Helen had conspired to steal the story to impress him. Helen had to face the charges before a court of investigation, which shattered her emotionally. Mr. Anagnos stated later that he had sided with the people who had been in Helen's favour. Later he retracted his statement. Helen deeply regretted losing his friendship. She remembered how Mr. Anagnos had held Helen on his knee and shared in her frolics. Nevertheless Helen moved on and went on to become a great writer and social activist.

Answer 2

In 1892, Helen's tender heart was broken and she had to face extreme humiliation. Miss Sullivan had described the beauty of nature to Helen and it stirred up some memories. Helen eagerly wrote a story, as the images and words streamed through her finger-ends. Helen had no thought of authorship or borrowed thoughts. The story impressed everyone and Helen named it “The Frost King” . She dispached it to Mr.Anagnos, who got it published in Perkins Institution reports. It was discovered that a similar story , much alike in thought and language, had appeared in a book called “Birdie and his Friends” written by Miss Margaret Canby. Helen could not remember this story , being read out to her , and Mr. Anagnos was deeply troubled and felt cheated . he believed that Miss Sullivan and Helen had stolen the story to impress him.


Helen was asked to appear before a court of investigation composed of teachers and officers of the Institution. Helen was so discouraged that she could not answer their questions properly. When Helen left the room, she was dazed and totally shattered.


later Helen tried to investigate the matter with the help of Dr. Graham Bell and she felt that ay be Mrs. Hopkins could have read the story to her, when Helen was on vacation. Nevertheless, Helen was scarred for life. Whenever she would write something, she would grow doubtful if the words belongs to someone else. Writing became a Chinese puzzle to her. This debacle matured Helen for the future, She became more wary. Her greatest regret was that she had lost her friend, Mr Anagnos forever.