hey guys..........
anyone here can give me line to line explanation of chapter 14 of The story of my life.
I will mark BRAINLIEST
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In this chapter, Helen described her darkest phase of her life. An incident which occurred changed her childhood's joy into doubt, fear and anxiety. The main cause was a story called 'The frost king' which she wrote and sent to Mr. Anagnos, director of the Perkins Institute in her birthday.
She wrote the story when she was at home, the autumn after she learnt to speak. When she was writing the book, she did not realize that the words and images coming to her mind without effort were not her own.
After completion of the story, Helen read it to her friends and family. They were impressed with the writing. Someone asked her if she read the story in a book in answer she denied and told them that it was her own Idea. Mr. Anagnos was delighted to receive the story and published it in a report of the Perkins Institution. She felt like she had touched the peak of success.
After the publication, it was discovered that her story was almost similar to a story named 'The frost fairies' written by Miss Margaret T. Canby appeared in a book 'Birdie and his friends'. The content of both story are so similar that it was clear that Helen's story was plagiarism. This was a great shock for Helen.
Few days later, Helen attended Washington's Birthday celebration. The night before the celebration, one of the teachers asked her about the incident but Helen denied that she had ever heard Cadby's story but the teacher came to conclusions that Helen still remembered the story and told to Mr. Anagnos. He believed that Helen and Miss Sullivan had deliberately stolen the thoughts of a great writer to win his appreciation.
Helen was brought before a court of investigation composed of the teachers and officers of the institution. She was questioned and cross-questioned to force her acknowledge that she remembered 'the frost fairies' story. she felt heavy at heart and responded to those questions only in monosyllables. Finally, she was allowed to leave the room. She wept that night in her bed and imagined that she should die before morning and the thought comforted her.
Miss Sullivan had never heard of 'the frost fairies,'. With the assistance Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, Miss Sullivan investigated the matter carefully. Lastly came out that the story had narrated to Helen by Mrs. Sophia Hopkins, when she spent a summer with her at Brewster.
After the incident, she received many letters of love and sympathy from loved ones. She also receives a kind note from Miss Canby herself inspiring her to write something of her own in future. All the things were making Helen easy but still she was afraid to write again.
Later, she came to know that she had absorbed that story very much and used its ideas and language in her writing . This was explained by R.L. Stevenson, who said that young writers spontaneously tries to copy whatever seems most admirable to them.
Miss Sullivan encouraged her to continue writing. This incident taught Helen about the problems in the writing but she also lost her dearest friend Mr. Anagnos. She included this chapter because it was important in her life and education.