How did helen keller started realising that she was different from others give a few instances?
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When and how did Helen realize that she was different from others in The Story of My Life?
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Helen realized she was different from other people before she was seven years old because others talked with their mouths instead of signing.
Helen says she does not know exactly how old she was when she first realized that other people used words to talk instead of sign language.
I do not remember when I first realized that I was different from other people; but I knew it before my teacher came to me. I had noticed that my mother and my friends did not use signs as I did when they wanted anything done, but talked with their mouths. (Ch. 2)
Ann Sullivan came just before Helen turned seven years old, so this means that Helen realized she was different before she was seven years old. She communicated without words because an illness had left her blind and deaf. She would shake her head or nod, or pull someone by the hand to get the person to come with her. She knew quite a bit about what was going on, despite being unable to see or hear, due to her