What impression do you form about Helen after reading the first three chapters?
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Ch - 1 Helen was born in Tascumbia , Alabama . Her parents love her a lot .
Ch - 2 Helen love the nature and enjoys being surrounded by it .
Ch - 3 Helen suffered from a major disease that took away her sight and sense of hearing.
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Helen Keller was born on 27th June 1880 in Tuscumbia in Alabama. Her father, Arthur H. Keller, was a descendant of Caspar Keller who was a native of Switzerland. He was a captain in the confederate army. Helen’s mother was Kate Adams who was Arthur’s second wife and was many years younger. At the age of nineteen months, Helen became very ill with brain fever. When the fever subsided, Helen was left blind and deaf forever. Helen was quite eager to learn. Despite her handicap she had learnt some crude signs of communication and also how to fold the clothes etc. later, she showed exceptional capabilities for learning and very soon could learn to read, write or even speak. She had voracious passion for learning, knowledge and exploration.
Like Wordsworth, she learnt to find solace in nature and its peaceful serenity. Her power of observation was commendable. How beautifully she has described the details of her observations! Even those with eyes and ears cannot describe as beautifully as she has done. Natural beauty was abundant around her house. The Keller homestead was quite near a rose- bower. Its old fashioned garden was the paradise of her childhood. Before Miss Sullivan's arrival, this garden was the place where Helen went to find comfort and hide her hot face in the cool leaves and grass. Helen felt extremely happy in that garden of flowers, wandering happily from spot to spot. She could recognize each vine and plant by touching them.
After being rendered blind and disabled in hearing and speaking, Helen's frustration to learn more and more about life mounted very high.
Helen as a child was very mischievous and often indulged in playing pranks on others. Once she spilled water on her apron, and she spread it out to dry before the fire. She wanted it to dry fast; so she drew nearer and threw it over the hot ashes. The flames encircled her, her clothes caught fire. Her screams were heard by her nurse, who saved her. In another incident, she locked her mother in the pantry. She had to remain locked there for hours before the servants unlocked the door. There are many other similar pranks that Helen played.
Martha Washington, a little coloured girl was Helen's childhood companion. She was the daughter of a cook who worked for the Keller family. Martha proved to be Helen's childhood companion. She understood Helen's signs and would do just as Helen wished her to do. Helen would usually take delight dominating her in child's play. Both of them would spend a great time in the kitchen. They would knead dough balls, help in making ice-cream, grind coffee, and sometimes quarrel over cake-bowl. Feeding the hens and turkeys were their favourite pastime. Sometimes they would indulge in mischief too. Once Helen cut Martha's hair. Martha was a wonderful companion in Helen's early childhood.