Helen Keller's The Miracle Worker

The novel, "The Miracle worker" is a play about the six-year-old infant, Helen Keller, and her troubling journey to learn language from her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Helen was no ordinary child, she was a blind, deaf, and mute child ever since the age of two. The novel starts off with two-year-old Helen suffering in pain from an agonizing life threatening fever. Fortunately, the doctor gives good news to the parents of the child, Kate and Keller, that Helen will survive the fever. But Kate soon finds out the price that Helen had to pay to survive... the loss of both her eyesight and hearing. Fast forward to 4 years later, Helen is now 6 years old and wilder than ever sharing a roof with her parents, her negro servants, and James (her brother). Not knowing what obedience is Helen would make a wreck in the house on a day to day basis. Meanwhile, her parents look all over the country for someone who can help or even cure Helen, but having no luck, not even with Alexander Graham Bell. The couple were ready to give up and send Helen to a mental asylum, but in their last chance of

The task was much easier said than done. When first met with Helen, Annie believed that she has potential in her to do something great, we just need a way to unlock it. But, one thing that stood out to Annie even on the first day was how disruptive she was. Whenever Helen didn’t get what she wanted she would kick, make strange crying sounds, and throw the worst tantrum, and no one can bear it! Nevertheless, Annie stayed determined to teach Helen. Whenever Helen was doing something, such as playing with her doll, Annie would immediately spell the object in Helen’s hand using hand motions and Helen would repeat them. But, it was only a game to Helen and Annie needed a way to show her that these were