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What traits of Helen's charecter appeal to you most ? Give a reasoned answer

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Which traits of Helen's character appeal to you most ? Give a reasoned answer in about 100-200 words...

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Helen was a prodigy child, who had to fight the innumerable hurdles

and challenges since her early childhood! She is an inspiration to all the

people in the world. She faced many hurdles such as her own hearing and seeing

disabilities, frustration, people’s apathy and lack of understanding, hurdles

to education, and various challenges at Radcliff College. The challenges she

faced were quite arduous---as if Nature had planned a special obstacle course

for her to help her bring her best out!

After being rendered blind and disabled in hearing and

speaking, Helen's frustration to learn more and more about life mounted very

high. Her hearing disability combined with visual disability made the teaching

and learning more challenging. Helen was a very industrious girl; she always

did her best to learn. She had such a natural, innate passion for learning

which always motivated her. Manual alphabet, reading, arithmetic, etc., all

were formidable challenges for her initially, but Helen overcame them. The most

arduous of all of them was learning to speak. Learning to speak is almost an

impossible task for those who have hearing disability. So Helen had to work

very hard. She had to repeat each word and sentence many times for the right

tone and pronunciation. She practiced untiringly. At times she became

discouraged and weary too, but she never gave up.

Answer 2

Defining characteristics help people identify traits that are particular, for example, to children, to animals, and so on. Specific characteristics then help to identify a specific person or thing in terms of unique features which make that person or thing stand out. In the case of Helen Keller, her courage and indomitable spirit define her because she overcame hardship and apparent misfortune and rose above it to become the success she known as even today. She left a legacy far greater than anything monetary, and she serves as an inspiration to others.

She devoted her life to helping others despite obvious barriers to success. One of the reasons why she wrote The Story of My Life at the age of only 22 is so that others could witness her achievement, not for her own glory but so as to stress the similarities to her readers' own struggles so that they might grow and succeed. She hoped her story would serve to motivate others never to give up, regardless of circumstances, time, or seemingly overwhelming odds. Her book serves as a revelation that nothing is impossible. Her name remains a symbol the world over.

It is important to mention that Helen was not afraid to show how ambitious she was. Determination is a very important characteristic of an ambitious person, but sometimes ambition becomes destructive as people become arrogant and self-serving. However, Helen's ambition was mitigated by compassion and humility. She never forgot that she was dependent on Anne Sullivan and would have been a lesser person without her. As Helen says:

The footsteps of my life are in hers. All the best of me belongs to her—there is not a talent, or an aspiration or a joy in me that has not been awakened by her loving touch.

Helen would have argued that patience was not one of her virtues; however, her achievements speak for themselves and reveal that, even if Anne was the one who displayed the most incredible amount of patience, that patience certainly rubbed off on Helen.