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episode of frost king story

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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.

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HOMEWORK HELP > THE STORY OF MY LIFE

In "The Story of My Life," what was the incident of "The Frost King?" What was the controversy?

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Helen Keller's "The Story of My Life" gives an account of many of Helen's experiences up to the age of twenty two. It includes the highlights, such as Helen's first word- W-A-T-E-R and Miss Sullivan's inspiring teaching methods which allow Helen to "learn from life itself," (chapter 7). It also includes some of the worst experiences imaginable and which changed Helen's life forever. Helen feels that it is necessary to include challenging and saddening events because she grasps every opportunity to learn, and even painful memories can be beneficial to learning.

"The Frost King" is one such opportunity. When Helen is twelve, she writes a story and sends it to Mr Anagnos for his birthday. Mr Anagnos is so delighted and impressed by it that he publishes it in The Perkins' Institute report. Before long, it is being compared to "The Frost Fairies" which is a published story by Miss Margaret T. Canby from her book "Birdie and His Friends" and Helen is accused of plagiarism.

Helen vows that she has no recollection of ever having had the story told to her and Mr Anagnos believes Helen at first but when Helen says something about Jack Frost she rouses suspicion and loses the trust of her beloved Mr Anagnos. There is an inquiry and Helen and Miss Sullivan are questioned vigorously. Unfortunately, the controversy remains and Helen is never able to regain Mr Anagnos's trust and she says, "I felt so cold, I imagined I should die before morning." Helen is cleared of any wrongdoing but the loss of her friendship with Mr Anagnos leaves Helen full of regret. 

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