Helen Keller Research Paper

Helen Keller is well known for her being blind and deaf as well as being able to talk

even with her disabilities. [cl.] When Helen was born, she was a healthy child but when she was

just a couple of months old she became sick and when (cl.) she recovered she was both blind

and deaf which, (w-w) was very rare at the time. She became unbearably (ly) rude and deceitful

(q.a.). So her parents brought in a teacher by the name of Anna Sullivan who, (w-w) would

teach Helen till she died. [ly] Surprisingly Anna lived a shorter(sv) life than Helen, even though

Helen had many disabilities.

[sub]Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 and was a healthy child to Kate and

Colonel Arthur Keller. Her mother was related to most of the prominent New

They lost most of their money in

the Civil War because (cl.) of that Mr.Keller became a newspaper editor after the Civil War.

[prep] At the age of 19 months Helen became sick with an unknown illness which, (w-w) caused

her to lose her sight. [ly] Quickly Helen became .

[prep] In all her short life Helen had never been so outrageously (ly) naughty (sv) to her parents

and the visitors to her home.[ing] Hitting and biting people, were just a few of the ways that

Helen acted out.< [vss]Helen bit. She scratched. She threw things.> She also made weird

gurgle sound as if she was trying to talk but didn't know what to do with her vocal chords.

[cl] As Helen became more and more unbearable her parents decided that she needed a

teacher or mentor who,(w-w) would help them take care of Helen. [ing] Searching everywhere

they found a woman by the name of Anna Sullivan. She was twenty years of age and had some

eye problem when she was younger which, were fixed with a number of surgeries. [sub]Helen

was fourteen years younger than Anna at the time and she didn't really like Anna at first

[ly] Amazingly, Helen was still confused two months later. So

Anna took her to the water pump and took her hand under the spout then she turned it on. As

the water poured (sv)over her hand Anna spelled W-A-T-E-R over and over at first slow, then

faster and faster till it clicked in Helen's mind that this cool substance flowing over hand was

water as her teacher had spelled in her hand. [vss]Helen smiled. she placed her hand on the

ground. They met world leaders and sat down with talk show producers.

[sub]Helen Keller had a hard childhood(qa) and her grown up life had some rough spots

which,(w-w) is to be expected(sv) but she still kept her head high and spirit soaring. There are a

few monuments and memorials for Helen Keller because people look up to her and her strength

and will to keep her head up. They also liked the way she could keep going even when people

laughed at her saying that since she was a woman she couldn’t do anything plus the fact that

she was blind and deaf [prep] In all the time I have had my disabilities have always looked up