Question

"Helen's teacher was everything for her". Elucidate.

Answer 1

In her novel 'The Story of My Life', Helen Keller pays repeated homage to her great teacher, Miss Sullivan.  The world is full of ordinary teachers who just teach shallowly. Miss Sullivan touched the depths of Helen's soul and brought light to her darkened world.  

The day she arrived at Helen's house, Helen called that day the most important day of her life. Helen compared the arrival of her teacher to the shining of 'light of love' in her darkened life. Miss Sullivan took unprecedented pains to teach Helen manual alphabet. Since Helen was suffering from hearing as well as visual disabilities, Miss Sullivan really had to work very hard to teach Helen the alphabet. In the 7 chapter, Helen praises Miss Sullivan in the following words: "Thus I learned from life itself. At the beginning I was only a mass of possibilities. It was my teacher who unfolded and developed them. When she came, everything about me breathed of love and joy and was full of meaning." It was Miss Sullivan's genius, her sympathy, her loving tact and expert teaching skills which made the first years of Helen's education so beautiful. Miss Sullivan made learning easy and fun-filled for Helen. 

Miss Sullivan deserves all the praise she received from Helen. She taught her with immense patience and love. She endured her initial stubbornness to her methodology. She devised unique and innovative methods to teach Helen the secrets of language, reading, speaking, imagination, and other mysteries of life. She was always there with her in her ups and downs. Even during the painful incident of Frost King, Miss Sullivan was always with her giving her comfort, solace, and self confidence. Even while travelling to various places such as World Fair, Fern Quarry, etc, Miss Sullivan was always with her. No doubt, Helen considered her teacher as her own inseparable part! She was everything to Helen.

 

Answer 2

Anne Sullivan had been a long lasting partner for Helen Keller. she carried on as an educator, a guide and a coach who gave Helen inspiration and self-acceptance. Her part in Helen's life had been of most extreme importance. Anne Sullivan spent a large portion of her life accommodating Helen and remaining close by even in the most troublesome of circumstances, it was Anne Sullivan who opened the doors of this wonderful world to a little-unsettled young lady and helped her beat different difficulties.

Anne Sullivan had dependably been a strong and kind figure for Helen Keller, she looked after Helen like her own particular kid and supported and guided Helen's considerations and objectives. Anne Sullivan carried on as a platform for Helen's youth, she gave her lessons which guided Helen for the duration of her life, she showed her to love, to feel nature, to convey what needs to be done. Anne Sullivan can be credited for embellishment Helen into the immense praiseworthy lady she was.