Question

how helen was an inquisitive child explain

Answer 1

Helen used to sit in her mother's lap and feel every object. She had noticed that her family and friends did not use signs but talked with their mouth. Sometimes she touched their lips and tried to speak frantically. When she could not speak, she would grow and hysterical. The few signs that Helen knew were inadequate. The spirit of resistance within her was growing stronger and her desire for expression was growing more intense. Earlier Helen used to make crude signs like pulling and pushing to indicate "Go" and "Come" or if she wanted bread, she would imitate the action of cutting bread and if she wanted ice-cream, she would shiver near fridge.

The arrival of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, changed everything. The moment she arrived, she spelled "d-o-l-l" into Helen's hands and she ended up knowing many words for objects. Before her arrival, Helen never knew that each object had a name. Helen's discovery of the word 'water' awakened her soul, gave it light, hope and set it free. Helen was delighted to feel that everything had a name and each name gave birth to a new thought. Gradually Helen's exposure to her surroundings grew and she also learned abstract concepts like Love, even though it was after great struggle.

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