Question

why helen was hesitant of write her autobiography

Answer 1

Helen Keller believed that the task of writing an autobiography was a difficult one as many factors would affect the narrative; the chief among them being her own fantasy, which overpowered the events of her past. As her past and present blended together in the narrative, so did the facts and fancies in them. She as an adult, wanted to paint the picture of her past through her mature perspective. However, as time went by and she made new discoveries in her adulthood, many events and incidents which were significant in her past lost their importance. Thus, Helen felt that she wouldn’t be able to depict her past accurately.

Answer 2

Helen was nervous about writing a biography because she didn’t want to look back on the events of his childhood too closely.

We often have fond memories of our childhood that may or may not be accurate.  Helen’s fear when writing her autobiography was that she would look too closely at the events of her youth, and things would not be as she remembered them.  Sometimes we remember with rose-colored glasses.

Helen also found that she did not have as many early memories as she would like, except for big events, because at the time she was writing her memories of more recent events were stronger than those of early events.l
Despite all this, Helen Keller still wrote the story of her life.  She believed that people would be interested in hearing about how she overcame the challenges of being blind and deaf.  Her memories of learning how to communicate and cope with her limitations were part of her story, alongside the memories of growing up that everyone has regardless of whether they can see or hear.