Solutions of the story of my life by helen keller
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Explanation:
Question 1
What were the qualities that attracted everyone towards Helen before she fell victim to her mysterious ill¬ness ? Give your views. (Board Term-I 2014, Set PRE2N18)
Answer:
Value Points:
bright and happy child
eager, self-asserting disposition
as the first baby, she came, she saw, she conquered
imitated everything others did-actions and words
attracted everyone’s attention (CBSE Marking Scheme, 2014)
Detailed Answer:
Helen was a very bright and happy child. She attracted everyone’s attention towards her with her mischiefs.
In her childhood, she was an eager and self-asserting child. She imitated everyone and leamt walking as well as talking at an early age. She was the first baby in her family so she received the love and affection of her family members to the maximum. Helen herself wrote 1 came, I saw, I conquered’ as the first baby in the family
does. She started walking when she was a year old. Her mother had just taken her out of the bath-tub and was holding her in her lap when she started walking towards the leaves that danced in the sunlight. Even her naming ceremony was a big event. She was not to be lightly named being the first baby in the family. She initiated every one and learnt talking at an early age. Everyone got attracted towards her due to these qualities.
Question 2.
Why did Helen call her pony ‘Black Beauty’ ?(Board 2014, Set QUD9VQW)
Answer:
Value Points:
had a black glossy coat and a white star on his forehead
had read the book of the same name
her pony resembled his name sake. (CBSE Marking Scheme, 2014)
Detailed Answer:
Helen had her pony at Fern Quarry. She called him Black Beauty as she had read the book in which there was a black horse. Helen’s horse resembled his name-sake. He had a black glossy coat and a white star on his forehead. Helen spent many of her happiest hours on Black Beauty’s back. Sometimes, her teacher Miss Sullivan would let go of the horses’ rein and the pony used to stop at his sweet will to eat grass or nibble the leaves of the trees. Helen loved her pony very much.