海伦凯勒英文简介

海伦凯勒英文简介 篇一:海伦凯勒英文简介 HelenKeller From Wikipedia, freeencyclopedia Jump navigation,search Helen Keller Keller 1904Born June 27, 1880 Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA Died June 1968(aged 87) Arcan Ridge, Easton, Connecticut, USA Signature Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 Americanauthor, political activist, lecturer.She firstdeafblind person Artsdegree. howKeller”s teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through isolationimposed nearcomplete lack language,allowing shelearned communicate,has become widely known through dramaticdepictions MiracleWorker. prolificauthor, Keller heropposition SocialistParty Wobblies,she campaigned women”ssuffrage, workers” rights, manyother leftist causes. Contents [hide] Earlychildhood Formaleducation Politicalactivities Akitadog Laterlife Posthumoushonors 10See also 11References 12Further reading 13External links Early childhood illnessKeller AnneSullivan vacationing 1 CapeCod July1888 Helen Adams Keller June27, 1880, Tuscumbia,Alabama. Her family lived homestead,Ivy Green, Helen”sgrandfather had built decades earlier. Helen”sfather, Arthur spentmany years TuscumbiaNorth Alabamian hadserved ConfederateArmy. Helen”spaternal grandmother secondcousin Helen”smother, Kate Adams, CharlesAdams. Thoughoriginally from Massachusetts, Charles Adams also fought ConfederateArmy during AmericanCivil War, earning Helen”sfather”s lineage can CasperKeller, Coincidentally,one Helen”sSwiss ancestors firstteacher Helenreflects upon herfirst autobiography, stating kingwho has slaveamong his ancestors, slavewho has kingamong his.” HelenKeller bornblind untilshe 19months old shecontracted illnessdescribed acutecongestion brain”,which might have been scarlet fever illnessdid particularlylong time, lefther deaf time,she communicatesomewhat MarthaWashington, [10] six-year-olddaughter familycook, who understood her signs; seven,she had over 60 home signs herfamily. 1886,her mother, inspired CharlesDickens” American Notes successfuleducation anotherdeaf blindwoman, Laura Bridgman, dispatched young Helen, accompanied herfather, seekout Dr. JulianChisolm, eye,ear, nose, throatspecialist 2 advice.[11] He subsequently put them AlexanderGraham Bell, who deafchildren time.Bell advised PerkinsInstitute schoolwhere Bridgman had been educated, which SouthBoston. Michael Anaganos, school”sdirector, asked former student Anne Sullivan, herself visually impaired only20 years old, becomeKeller”s instructor. 49-year-longrelationship, Sullivan evolving eventualcompanion. Anne Sullivan arrived Keller”shouse March1887, immediatelybegan teachHelen spellingwords herhand, beginning shehad brought Keller present.Keller first,because she did everyobject had worduniquely identifying fact,when Sullivan teachKeller “mug”,Keller became so frustrated she broke doll.[12] Keller”s big breakthrough communicationcame nextmonth, when she realized motionsher teacher herhand, while running cool water over her other hand, symbolized “water”;she nearlyexhausted Sullivan demanding otherfamiliar objects herworld. Due protrudingleft eye, Keller usuallyphotographed profile.Both her eyes were replaced glassreplicas cosmeticreasons”. [13] Formal education Starting May,1888, Keller attended PerkinsInstitute 1894,Helen Keller AnneSullivan moved NewYork 3 Wright-HumasonSchool learnfrom Sarah Fuller HoraceMann School Kellerentered CambridgeSchool YoungLadies before gaining admittance, RadcliffeCollege, where she lived BriggsHall, South House. Her admirer, Mark Twain, had introduced her StandardOil magnate Henry Huttleston Rogers, who, hiswife, paid hereducation. 24,Keller graduated from Radcliffe, becoming firstdeaf blind person Artsdegree. She maintained Austrianphilosopher pedagogueWilhelm Jerusalem, who discoverher literary talent. [14] Companions Anne Sullivan stayed HelenKeller long after she taught her. Anne married John Macy herhealth started failing around 1914. Polly Thompson keephouse. She youngwoman from Scotland who didn”t have experience blindpeople. She progressed eventuallybecame constantcompanion Keller.[15] Keller moved ForestHills, Queens together herefforts AmericanFoundation Blind.[16] After Anne died 1936,Keller Thompsonmoved traveledworldwide raisedfunding blind.Thompson had 1957from which she never fully recovered, WinnieCorbally, nursewho originallybrought 1957,stayed afterher death Keller”scompanion herlife. Politicalactivities Helen Keller sitting holding 4 magnoliaflower, circa 1920. fewown manybecause landspeculators, workingpeople. So long fairdemands naught,we can have neither men”s rights nor women”s rights. grounddown industrialoppression smallremnant may live HelenKeller, 1911 [17] Keller went world-famousspeaker author.She disabilities,amid numerous other causes. She WoodrowWilson, radicalsocialist birthcontrol supporter. 1915she GeorgeKessler founded HelenKeller International (HKI) organization. vision,health 1920she helped AmericanCivil Liberties Union (ACLU). Keller Sullivantraveled over39 countries, making several trips Japanesepeople. Keller met every U.S. President from Grover Cleveland manyfamous figures, including Alexander Graham Bell, Charlie Chaplin MarkTwain. Keller SocialistParty activelycampaigned workingclass from 1909 1921.She supported Socialist Party candidate Eugene hiscampaigns presidency.Keller herfriend Mark Twain were both considered radicals 20thcentury, politicalviews have been forgotten glossedover popularperception. [18] Newspaper columnists who had praised her courage intelligencebefore she expressed her socialist views now called attention herdisabilities. BrooklynEagle wrote 5 her”mistakes sprung out manifestlimitations herdevelopment.” Keller responded editor,referring havingmet him before he knew herpolitical views: complimentshe paid me were so generous rememberthem. havecome out socialismhe reminds me amblind especiallyliable musthave shrunk intelligenceduring yearssince methim...Oh, ridiculous Brooklyn Eagle! Socially blind intolerablesystem, physicalblindness deafnesswhich we prevent.[19] Kellerjoined IndustrialWorkers World(known 1912,[18] saying parliamentarysocialism politicalbog”. She wrote IWWbetween 1916 IWW,[20] Keller explained hermotivation activismcame partfrom her concern about blindness otherdisabilities: firsttime whohad thought blindness misfortunebeyond human control, found toomuch wrongindustrial conditions, often caused socialevil contributed its share. povertydrove women lastsentence refers frequentcause leadingcause blindness.Writings Keller wrote 12published books severalarticles. One herearliest pieces age11, FrostKing (1891). wereallegations storyhad been plagiarized from FrostFairies MargaretCanby. matterrevealed Kellermay have experienced cryptomnesia,which shehad Canby”s story read forgotabout 6 memoryremained hersubconscious. age22, Keller published her autobiography, MyLife (1903), helpfrom Sullivan Sullivan”shusband, John Macy. includeswords Kellerwrote herlife up age21, writtenduring her time college.Keller wrote 1908giving readers howshe felt about world.[21] Out 1913.When Keller young,Anne Sullivan introduced her PhillipsBrooks, who introduced her Christianity,Keller famously saying: alwaysknew He didn”tknow His name! [22][23][24] Her spiritual autobiography, My Religion, 1994extensively revised re-issuedunder titleLight MyDarkness. EmanuelSwedenborg, Christianrevelator theologianwho gives spiritualinterpretation whoclaims secondcoming JesusChrist has already taken place. Adherents use several names describethemselves, including Second Advent Christian, Swedenborgian NewChurch. Akita dog When Keller visited Akita Prefecture July1937, she inquired about Hachik, famedAkita dog haddied 1935.She told Japaneseperson shewould like Akitadog; one herwithin Kamikaze-go.When he died caninedistemper, his older brother, Kenzan-go, officialgift from Japanesegovernment July1938. Keller havingintroduced UnitedStates through twodogs. breedstandard had been 7 established dogshows had been held, activitiesstopped after World War II began. Keller wrote AkitaJournal: shallnever feel quite sametenderness anyother pet. Akitadog has all gentle,companionable trusty.[25][26] Laterlife Keller suffered lastyears herlife herhome. September14, 1964, President Lyndon Johnsonawarded her PresidentialMedal Freedom,one UnitedStates” highest two civilian honors. [27] 1965she NationalWomen”s Hall NewYork World”s Fair. Kellerdevoted much herlater life raisingfunds AmericanFoundation Blind.She died hersleep herhome, Arcan Ridge, located Easton,Connecticut. herhonor NationalCathedral Washington,D.C., herashes were placed herconstant companions, Anne Sullivan PollyThompson. Portrayals Keller”s life has been interpreted many times. She appeared silentfilm, Deliverance (1919), which told her story melodramatic,allegorical style. [28] She documentariesHelen Keller HerStory, narrated KatharineCornell, HelenKeller, part FamousAmericans series produced HearstEntertainment. MiracleWorker dramaticworks ultimately derived from her autobiography, MyLife. variousdramas each describe relationshipbetween Keller Sullivan,depicting how teacherled her from 8 almostferal wildness education,activism, intellectualcelebrity. commontitle cycleechoes Mark Twain”s description “miracleworker.” Its first realization 1957Playhouse 90 teleplay WilliamGibson. He adapted Broadwayproduction Oscar-winningfeature film 1962,starring Anne Bancroft PattyDuke. 1984,Helen Keller”s life story TVmovie called MiracleContinues. [29] MiracleWorker recounts her college years herearly adult life. None earlymovies hint socialactivism wouldbecome Keller”slater life, although WaltDisney Company version produced 2000states shebecame socialequality. Bollywoodmovie Black (2005) largelybased Keller”sstory, from her childhood hergraduation. documentarycalled Shining Soul: Helen Keller”s Spiritual Life SwedenborgFoundation sameyear. filmfocuses roleplayed EmanuelSwedenborg”s spiritual theology herlife inspiredKeller”s triumph over her triple disabilities blindness,deafness severespeech impediment. NewEngland Historic Genealogical Society announced staffmember had discovered rare1888 photograph showing Helen Anne,which, although previously published, had escaped widespread attention. [30] Depicting Helen holding one hermany dolls, earliestsurviving photograph Anne.[31] 9 Posthumous honors Helen Keller Alabamastate quarter 1999,Keller Gallup”sMost Widely Admired People 20thCentury. 2003,Alabama honored its native daughter itsstate quarter. [32] HelenKeller Hospital Sheffield,Alabama篇二:海伦凯勒英文简介 (1880年6月27日-1968年6月1日)，是美国一位残障教 育家。她在19个月大时因为一次猩红热而引致失明及失聪。 后来籍着她的导师安妮?沙利文(Anne Sullivan)的努力，使她 学会“说话”，并开始和其他人沟通。并且毕业于哈佛大学。 海伦 凯勒是美国著名作家和教育家。一八八二年，在她一 岁多的时候，因为发高烧，脑部受到伤害，从此以后，她的 眼睛看不到，耳朵听不到，后来，连话也说不出来了。 她在黑暗中摸索著长大。七岁那一年，家里为她请了一位 家庭教师，也就是影响海伦一生的苏利文老师。苏利文在小 时候眼睛也差点失明，了解失去光明的痛苦。在她辛苦的指 导下，海伦用手触摸学会手语，摸点字卡学会了读，后来 用手摸别人的嘴唇，终於学会说话了。 苏利文老师为了让海伦接近大自然，让她在草地上打滚， 在田野跑跑跳跳，在地里埋下种子，爬到树上吃饭;还带她 去摸一摸刚出生的小猪，也到河边去玩水。海伦在老师爱的 关怀下，竟然克服失明与失聪的障碍，完成了大学学业。 一九三六年，和她朝夕相处五十年的老师离开人间，海伦 10 非常的伤心。海伦知道，如果没有老师的爱，就没有今天的 她，决心要把老师给她的爱发扬光大。於是，海伦跑遍美国 大大小小的城市，周游世界，为残障的人到处奔走，全心全 力为那些不幸的人服务。 一九六八年，海伦八十七岁去世，她终生致力服务残障人 士的，传遍全世界。她写了很多书，她的故事还拍成了 电影。苏利文老师把最珍贵的爱给了她，她又把爱散播给所 有不幸的人，带给他们光明和希望。 死后，因为她坚强的意志和卓越的贡献感动了全世界。各 地人民都开展了纪念她的活动。 (in 1880 June 27 - June 1, 1968), is an American disabilities educator. She was 19 months old because a scarlet fever and cause blindness and deafness. Later cancelled her tutor Annie Sullivan (Anne Sullivan) of effort to make the she learned to “talk”, and began to communicate with others. And graduated from Harvard University. Helen Keller is a famous American writer, and educator. In 1882, the year when more than her brain damage, because a high fever, and from then on, her eyes see, ears can”t hear, later, even words also said not to come out. She grew up in the dark. Seven years old that year, the home for her to please a tutor, namely influence Helen”s life 11 Sullivan teacher. Sullivan eyes also almost blind in childhood, know the pain of losing the light. In her hard guidance, Helen touch learn sign language, touched the braille card learned to read, then touch others lips, finally learn to speak. In order to let Helen Sullivan teacher close to nature, let her in the grass, in the field, in the ground jump, buried seeds, climbed up the tree meals. Also take her to touch newborn piggy, also to the river to play water. Helen in teacher love care, unexpectedly overcome blindness and deaf obstacles, finishing college. 1936, and her elbow five years of teacher leave from the world, Helen was very sad. Helen know, if does not have teacher”s love, there is no today she, determined to make teachers to her love to carry forward. So, Helen ran about American greatly small cities, travel around the world, for disabled people rushing around, with whole heart service for those unfortunate people. In 1968, Helen fourscore and seven years old, her lifelong died of disabled people to serve their deeds, spread across the globe. She wrote many books, her story is made into a movie. The most precious Sullivan teacher love gave her, she again put spread to all the miseries of love, bring their light 12 and hope. Died, because her strong will and outstanding contribution moved around the world. People everywhere are launched memory of her activities.篇三:海伦凯勒英文简介 导读:19世纪美国女作家、教育家、慈善家、社会活动家。 享年88岁。87年生活在无声、无光的世界中。在十九个月 时因猩红热而导致双目失明，双耳失聪。她完成了她的一系 列著作，并致力于为残疾人造福，建立慈善机构，1964年荣 获 总统自由勋章 ，次年被美国《时代周刊》评为二十世纪 美国十大英雄偶像之一。主要著作有《假如给我三天光明》 《我的生活》《再塑生命》等。 A Blind Woman s Vision She fought for women s rights, crusaded for the causes of workers, promoted equality for minorities, and championed the underprivileged and the oppressed. She also earned several prestigious awards from countries as p> Helen Keller was born a healthy child in 1880 in Alabama. Stricken by illness at the tender age of nineteen months, Helen lost her ability to see, hear, and speak. Growing up unable to comprehend the world around her, Helen became wild and 13 unruly, until her parents found help. They contacted Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, the famous inventor and teacher of the deaf, who introduced them to an institute for the blind in Boston, Massachusetts. A student there, Annie Sullivan, was asked to help. Annie would later become known as the Miracle Worker. Annie Sullivan taught Helen how to connect objects with letters by spelling words into Helen s hands. Helen s breakthrough came when Annie held her hand under a water pump while spelling water into her other hand repeatedly. Helen suddenly understood, and from then on progressed by leaps and bounds. Having mastered both the manual and Braille alphabets, Helen became proficient in reading and writing, and began learning how to speak in 1890. Helen entered Radcliffe College and, assisted by Annie Sullivan, graduated cum laude in 1904. She was the first blind-deaf person ever to graduate from college. Helen Keller spent the rest of her life as a writer, lecturer, and advocate for the deaf and blind and other disadvantaged groups. She traveled to numerous countries on behalf of the disabled, and founded the Helen Keller Endowment Fund 14 for the American Foundation for the Blind in 1930. She died on June 1, 1968, an outstanding example of the unconquerable human spirit. 下一页:A Blind Woman s Vision 译文 篇四:海伦凯勒英文简介 海伦凯勒简介 英文版 线话英语|2012-05-07 11:53:49由提 供 Helen Keller once wrote about these early days. One beautiful spring morning I was alone in my room, reading. Suddenly a wonderful smell in the air made me get up and put out my hands . The spirit of spring seemed to be passing in my room. What is it? I asked. The next minute I knew it was coming from mimosa tree outside. I walked outside to the edge of the garden, toward the tree. There it was, shaking in the warm sunshine. Its long branches, so heavy with flowers, almost touched the ground. I walked through the flowers to the tree itself and then just stood silent. Then I put my foot on the tree and pulled myself up into it. I climbed higher and higher until I reached a little seat. Long ago someone had put it there. I sat for a long time... Nothing in all the world was like this. 15 Later Helen learned that nature could be cruel as well as beautiful. Strangely enough she discovery this in a different kind of tree. One day my teacher and I were returning from a long walk. It was a fine morning but it started to get warm and heavy. We stopped to rest two or three times. Our last stop was under a cherry tree, a short way from our house. The shade was nice and the tree was easy to climb. Miss Sullivan climbed with me. It was so coot up in the tree, we decided to have lunch there. I promised to sit still until she went to the house for some food. Suddenly a change came over the tree. I knew the sky was black because all the heat which meant light to me had died out of the air. A strange odor came up to me from the earth . I knew it. It was the odor which always comes before a thunder storm. I felt alone, cut off from friends, high above the firm earth. I was frightened and wanted my teacher. wanted to get down from that tree quickly, but I was no help to myself. There was a moment of” terrible silence. Then a sudden and violent wind began to shake the tree and its leaves kept coming down all around me. I almost fell. I wanted to jump, but was afraid to do so. I tried to make myself small in the tree as the branches 16 rubbed against me. Just us I thought that both the tree and I were going to fall, a hand touched me . It was my teacher. I held her with all my strength, then shook with joy to feel the solid earth under my feet. Miss Sullivan stayed with Helen for many year. She taught Helen how to read, how to write and how to speak. She helped her to get ready for school and college. More than anything, Helen wanted to do what others did, and do it just as well. In time Helen did go to college and completed her studies with high honors. But it was a hard struggle. Few of the books she needed were written in the Braille language that the blind could read by touching pages. Miss Sullivan and others had to teach her what was in these books by forming words in her hands. The study of geometry and physics was especially difficult. Helen could only learn about squares, triangles and other geometrical forms by making them with wires. She kept feeling the different shapes of these wires until she could see them in her mind. During her second year college Miss Keller wrote the story of her life and what a college meant to her. This is what she wrote. My first day at Radcliffe college was of great interest. 17 Some powerful force inside me made me test my mind. I wanted to learn if it was as good as that of others. I learned many things at college. One thing I slowly learned was that knowledge does not just mean power, as some people say. Knowledge leads to happiness because to have it is to know what is true and real. To know what great man of the past had thought, said, and done is to feel the heartbeat of humanity down through the ages. All of Helen Keller”s knowledge reached her mind through her sense of touch and smell, and of course her feelings. To know a flower was to touch it, feel it and smell it. This sense of touch became greatly developed as she got older. She once said that hands speak almost as loudly as words. She said the touch of some hands frightened her. The people seemed so empty of joy that when she touched their cold fingers it is as if she were shaking bands with a storm. She found the hands of others full of sunshine and warmth. Strangely enough Helen Keller learned to love things she could not hear, music for example. She did this through her sense of touch. When waves of air beat against her, she felt them. Sometimes she put her hand to a singer”s throat. She often stood for hours with her hands on a piano while it was played. Once she 18 listened to an organ. Its powerful songs made her moved her body in rhythm with the music. She also liked to go to museums. She thought she understood sculptures as well as others. Her fingers told her the true size and the feel of the material. What did Helen Keller think of herself, what did she think about the tragic lost of her sight and hearing. This is what she wrote as a young girl. Sometimes a sense of loneliness covers me like a cold mist. I sit alone, and wait at life “ s shut-door. Beyond there is light and music and sweet friendship. But I may not enter. Silence sits heavy upon my soul. Then comes hope with a sweet smile and said softly There is joy in forgetting oneself And so I tried to make the light in others” eyes my sun, the music in others” ears my symphony, the smile on others” lips my happiness. Helen Keller was tall and strong. When she spoke, her face looked very alive. It helped to give meaning to her words. She often felt the faces of close friends when she was talking to them to discover their feelings. She and Miss Sullivan both were known for their sense of humor. They enjoyed jokes and laughing at funny things that happened to 19 themselves or others. Helen Keller had to work hard to support herself after she finished college. She spoke to many groups around the country. She wrote several books and she made one movie based on her life. Her main goal was to increase public interest in the difficulties of people with physical problems. The work Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan did has been written and talked about for many years. Their success showed how people can conquer great difficulties. Anne Sullivan died in 1936, blind herself. Before Miss Sullivan died, Helen wrote and said many kind things about her. It was the genius of my teacher, her sympathy, her love which made my first years of education so beautiful. My teacher is so near to me that I do not think of myself as a part from her. All the best of me belongs to her. Everything I am today was awakened by her loving touch . Helen Keller died on June 1st, 1968. She was 87 year old. Her message of courage and hope remains. 下一篇: 由英语口语教材提供线话英语:篇五:海伦凯 勒英文简介 海伦 凯勒(Helen Keller，1880年6月27日 1968年6月1 日)，19世纪美国盲聋女作家、教育家、慈善家、社会活动 20 家。她以自强不息的顽强毅力，在安妮 莎莉文老师的帮助 下，掌握了英、法、德等五国语言。完成了她的一系列著作， 并致力于为残疾人造福，建立慈善机构，被美国《时代周刊》 评为美国十大英雄偶像之一，荣获 总统自由勋章 等奖项。 主要著作有《假如给我三天光明》、《我的生活》、《我的老师》 等作品。 Helen Keller once wrote about these early days. One beautiful spring morning I was alone in my room, reading. Suddenly a wonderful smell in the air made me get up and put out my hands . The spirit of spring seemed to be passing in my room. What is it? I asked. The next minute I knew it was coming from mimosa tree outside. I walked outside to the edge of the garden, toward the tree. There it was, shaking in the warm sunshine. Its long branches, so heavy with flowers, almost touched the ground. I walked through the flowers to the tree itself and then just stood silent. Then I put my foot on the tree and pulled myself up into it. I climbed higher and higher until I reached a little seat. Long ago someone had put it there. I sat for a long time... Nothing in all the world was like this. Later Helen learned that nature could be cruel as well as 21 beautiful. Strangely enough she discovery this in a different kind of tree. One day my teacher and I were returning from a long walk. It was a fine morning but it started to get warm and heavy. We stopped to rest two or three times. Our last stop was under a cherry tree, a short way from our house. The shade was nice and the tree was easy to climb. Miss Sullivan climbed with me. It was so coot up in the tree, we decided to have lunch there. I promised to sit still until she went to the house for some food. Suddenly a change came over the tree. I knew the sky was black because all the heat which meant light to me had died out of the air. A strange odor came up to me from the earth . I knew it. It was the odor which always comes before a thunder storm. I felt alone, cut off from friends, high above the firm earth. I was frightened and wanted my teacher. wanted to get down from that tree quickly, but I was no help to myself. There was a moment of terrible silence. Then a sudden and violent wind began to shake the tree and its leaves kept coming down all around me. I almost fell. I wanted to jump, but was afraid to do so. I tried to make myself small in the tree as the branches rubbed against me. Just us I thought that both the tree and I 22 were going to fall, a hand touched me . It was my teacher. I held her with all my strength, then shook with joy to feel the solid earth under my feet. Miss Sullivan stayed with Helen for many year. She taught Helen how to read, how to write and how to speak. She helped her to get ready for school and college. More than anything, Helen wanted to do what others did, and do it just as well. In time Helen did go to college and completed her studies with high honors. But it was a hard struggle. Few of the books she needed were written in the Braille language that the blind could read by touching pages. Miss Sullivan and others had to teach her what was in these books by forming words in her hands. The study of geometry and physics was especially difficult. Helen could only learn about squares, triangles and other geometrical forms by making them with wires. She kept feeling the different shapes of these wires until she ccSpeNgBo.COm 蓬勃 范文 网:海伦 凯勒英文简介)ould see them in her mind. During her second year college Miss Keller wrote the story of her life and what a college meant to her. This is what she wrote. My first day at Radcliffe college was of great interest. 23 Some powerful force inside me made me test my mind. I wanted to learn if it was as good as that of others. I learned many things at college. One thing I slowly learned was that knowledge does not just mean power, as some people say. Knowledge leads to happiness because to have it is to know what is true and real. To know what great man of the past had thought, said, and done is to feel the heartbeat of humanity down through the ages. All of Helen Keller s knowledge reached her mind through her sense of touch and smell, and of course her feelings. To know a flower was to touch it, feel it and smell it. This sense of touch became greatly developed as she got older. She once said that hands speak almost as loudly as words. She said the touch of some hands frightened her. The people seemed so empty of joy that when she touched their cold fingers it is as if she were shaking bands with a storm. She found the hands of others full of sunshine and warmth. Strangely enough Helen Keller learned to love things she could not hear, music for example. She did this through her sense of touch. When waves of air beat against her, she felt them. Sometimes she put her hand to a singer s throat. She often stood for hours with her hands on a piano while it was played. Once she 24 listened to an organ. Its powerful songs made her moved her body in rhythm with the music. She also liked to go to museums. She thought she understood sculptures as well as others. Her fingers told her the true size and the feel of the material. What did Helen Keller think of herself, what did she think about the tragic lost of her sight and hearing. This is what she wrote as a young girl. Sometimes a sense of loneliness covers me like a cold mist. I sit alone, and wait at life s shut-door. Beyond there is light and music and sweet friendship. But I may not enter. Silence sits heavy upon my soul. Then comes hope with a sweet smile and said softly There is joy in forgetting oneself And so I tried to make the light in others eyes my sun, the music in others ears my symphony, the smile on others lips my happiness. Helen Keller was tall and strong. When she spoke, her face looked very alive. It helped to give meaning to her words. She often felt the faces of close friends when she was talking to them to discover their feelings. She and Miss Sullivan both were known for their sense of humor. They enjoyed jokes and laughing at funny things that happened to 25 themselves or others. Helen Keller had to work hard to support herself after she finished college. She spoke to many groups around the country. She wrote several books and she made one movie based on her life. Her main goal was to increase public interest in the difficulties of people with physical problems. The work Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan did has been written and talked about for many years. Their success showed how people can conquer great difficulties. Anne Sullivan died in 1936, blind herself. Before Miss Sullivan died, Helen wrote and said many kind things about her. It was the genius of my teacher, her sympathy, her love which made my first years of education so beautiful. My teacher is so near to me that I do not think of myself as a part from her. All the best of me belongs to her. Everything I am today was awakened by her loving touch . Helen Keller died on June 1st, 1968. She was 87 year old. Her message of courage and hope remains. 26 27