Disabled People In America

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There is a lot of disabled people in America. The way people treat disabled people has also changed. Did you know 74 million people in America are disabled? Helen is one of those 74 million people. In the beginning of the book people were unsure if Helen would be able to learn because of her blindness and deafness. Captain Keller, Helen’s father doesn’t know how to deal with Helen. Kate, Helen’s mother wants to help Helen learn, but doesn’t know how. James doesn’t care about Helen. Annie wants help Helen learn and use her experience since Annie is blind she can relate to how Helen feels and help with that. Although Helen doesn’t influence Annie very much. Most of the Characters don’t think that Helen …show more content…

Also people don’t treat them as if they are stupid anymore. One example of disabled people not being treated as a stupid person is Stephen Hawking a scientist that is well known. Disabled people often can get a closer parking lot at the store if there disability involved injury to movement. The overall treatment of disabled people is better and I think if Helen was born in modern times she would have got the help she needed a lot earlier. Helen’s story did change how disabled people were treated. James also would have acted differently towards his father is Helen was born in modern …show more content…

Captain Keller feels helpless towards Annie. Kate originally was concerned with a blind person teaching Helen, but the talked, and Kate no longer thinks that. Kate has trust in Annie that she knows what she is doing. Annie also makes James behave more because she gets angry with him when he is rude. Annie helped pull the family more together. The effect of this is that the Keller Family is more healthy. James can’t always do what he wants, nor can Helen. Annie keeps Captain Keller from having all the power in the family, which Annie thinks is dangerous. Kate is pleased with how Annie is treating others. Also stage direction has an impact on how the Keller Family acts. Stage direction is important in the book, The Miracle Worker. Without stage direction The reader wouldn’t know where the characters are or where they’re going. In some parts of the book there is conflict between Annie and Helen without Stage direction we wouldn’t know if Helen is learning from Annie on if Annie is teaching Helen language. We also wouldn’t know why some characters were eating, because without stage direction you would see the words in the book saying they went to the eat dinner, or lunch. These are all good examples of how stage direction is important in books in

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