Question

Write a character sketch of Artur H Keller and Kate Adams Keller

Answer 1

Arthur Keller was Helen Keller's father. He was a Confederate Army captain during the Civil War, and after the war, he worked as a newspaper editor. Helen describes her father as being very loving toward his family and very hospitable. He was only absent during the hunting season. At home, he loved gardening and storytelling, and he passed both of these passions on to Helen.

Kate Adams was the second wife of Helen's father Arthur H. Keller and many years younger than him. Helen's mother Kate Keller had named her daughter after her mother called Helen Everett. Helen had contracted an illness which closed her eyes and ears and plunged her into the unconsciousness of a new-born child.