How did Miss Sullivan help her in learning Latin? Why was Helen unwilling to learn Latin grammar? When did she start taking interest in it?
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Mr. Iron, a good Latin scholar, was a neighbor of Mr. William Wade whom Helen and Miss Sullivan had been visiting in Hutton, Pennsylvania. He was as a man of rare, sweet nature and of wide experience. He proved to be very helpful to Helen as he taught her Latin grammar principally. Miss Sullivan helped Helen by spelling into Helen’s hand whatever Mr. Irons taught, and by looking up new words for Helen. Helen did not like Latin because of the grammar rules of the language. If Mr. Irons had helped Helen in the Latin lessons, Helen would continue to consider Latin to be a boring and difficult subject. He often helped her in arithmetic, which she found as troublesome as it was uninteresting. He also read Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam.’ Mr. Irons also taught Helen how to know an author and recognize his style.
Miss Sullivan was Helen's teacher who devoted her work towards improving and making blind and deaf Helen into a useful and educated citizen. Miss Sullivan took Helen to Mr. William Wade’s house, where they met Mr. Irons.
Mr. Irons was a great Latin scholar who taught Latin grammar to Helen. Although at first, she was reluctant to learn the grammar as she found it unuseful, Mr. Irons explained her the subject and the details. He explained it so well that Helen developed an interest in studying Latin grammar. As she started learning the details, the language was delighting her and she started reading Latin passages.