Question

Helen was an inquisitive child. How can we say so? Elucidate

Answer 1

Helen was an ambitious woman. Helen was restless and too full of energy rather than motivated. People were attracted towards Helen by her eager, self-asserting disposition as a child before the illness struck. She was a sprightly and precocious child before the illness struck her. Helen was a person who engaged in tireless activity, she was never still for a moment and that was quite an impressive feat. She was here, there and everywhere. Her hands were in everything but nothing could hold her attention for too long as is evident from her varied interests ranging from reading to chess to sailing. Her restless spirit could not be satiated and it incessantly thirsted for things to do. Helen used to play pranks on everyone and seemed to be hungry for attention. She achieved everything with sheer diligence and her yearn to learn more. As a child she was ever inquisitive, the lessons never tired her and she was always open to learning. When Ms. Sullivan expressed her affection for her, she asked the meaning of love. Her curiosity did not die and after long she understood the meaning of love, when she felt it. Similarly, the readers see her curiosity in the her wish to touch the diamond cutting machines at cape of good hope, and her wish to feel the strokes of paint brush on her fingertips at the museum.

Answer 2

Helen was a child prodigy and had a willingness to learn new things.She liked handling different things and learning their names.She had an insatiable passion for knowledge and exploration.She was very curious about all the things around her and wanted to touch and explore their nature.She used to touch and smell different flowers so that she could distinguish between them.She had a commendable power of observation and thus she learnt to find solace in nature and its peaceful serenity.

She was always sprightly and precocious and was very energetic.She was also quite fickle minded as her hunger for enhancing her knowledge made her get attracted to different things around her simultaneously.She was never idle even for a moment.She was hungry and so curious for unexplored knowledge that it never died.She was always open to learning new things from Ms.Sullivan and her lessons never tired her.

She wanted to have her hands in everything so she had varied interests which ranged from reading to sailing, playing chess to playing pranks on others.

Thus,we can say that Helen was an inquisitive child.