Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
I remember watching a tv movie about Helen Keller when I was 12. It brought awhole new idea to me that there are people who're both blind & mute. Since then, I always thought Helen Keller is a gifted person. However, when i read this book, i came to realize that the gifted one is not her but Anne Sullivan, her teacher, who give her light to her dark life.
This book is divided into 3 parts. 1st part is the autobiography of Helen Keller, she wrote when she was 22. I find her writing as bright. How I should put this? She seems to view everything in positive light & there is no evil people, just people who are having different view of what is right & what is wrong. Her description is as if she can see through her eyes. As a child, through her memory, she was as any child could be; curious, playful & innocently hilarious.
Part 2 is a compilation of Helen Keller's letters that she sent to various friends she has. Some are notably famous like Alexander Graham Bell , a few poets & authors. You will see how she actually progress from a few verbs & nouns jumble up forming a 'letter' to completely full sentences.
Part 3 is letters & reports by Anne Sullivan. This part is where readers will get the honest & frank situation of Helen. How she was an angry child, wanting to express & communicate with normal people around her, especially her family. A child who is spoiled to the level she doesnt has manner at all. Anne Sullivan is brilliant teacher. There is a drive in her to prove that whatever a normal child could achieve, Helen could too. Yes, indeed. Helen Keller did achieve a lot. More than Anne can imagine. From a hopeless, dumb child to a social equality activist for blind & mute community, well respected & well known.
Real life story is always fascinating.
This book is divided into 3 parts. 1st part is the autobiography of Helen Keller, she wrote when she was 22. I find her writing as bright. How I should put this? She seems to view everything in positive light & there is no evil people, just people who are having different view of what is right & what is wrong. Her description is as if she can see through her eyes. As a child, through her memory, she was as any child could be; curious, playful & innocently hilarious.
Part 2 is a compilation of Helen Keller's letters that she sent to various friends she has. Some are notably famous like Alexander Graham Bell , a few poets & authors. You will see how she actually progress from a few verbs & nouns jumble up forming a 'letter' to completely full sentences.
Part 3 is letters & reports by Anne Sullivan. This part is where readers will get the honest & frank situation of Helen. How she was an angry child, wanting to express & communicate with normal people around her, especially her family. A child who is spoiled to the level she doesnt has manner at all. Anne Sullivan is brilliant teacher. There is a drive in her to prove that whatever a normal child could achieve, Helen could too. Yes, indeed. Helen Keller did achieve a lot. More than Anne can imagine. From a hopeless, dumb child to a social equality activist for blind & mute community, well respected & well known.
Real life story is always fascinating.
Helen Keller is my queen. Always has been, always will be.
The first part of the story was a great (if belated) revelation for me: abstract thought is not possible without concrete thought first. Christopher explained this to me as well: conceptualizing friendship or love or death is only possible if it is made contextual. Keller's discovery of language, and her ability to develop her brilliant mind without benefit of vision or hearing, are truly amazing and inspirational, even 100 years later.
Although the rest of Keller's story (written when she was at Radcliffe, and only beginning to think about the social injustices she spoke against in later life) is quite remarkable, including her connections to Alexander Graham Bell, Whitman, Twain and others, it is much more pedantic in the telling.
Although the rest of Keller's story (written when she was at Radcliffe, and only beginning to think about the social injustices she spoke against in later life) is quite remarkable, including her connections to Alexander Graham Bell, Whitman, Twain and others, it is much more pedantic in the telling.
A very short read, but very informative!! I learned a lot about Helen Keller from reading this book and have a whole new respect and admiration for her. Everyone should read this book!
(It isn't fair to rate an Autobiography)
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller is an autobiography. Who doesn't know Helen Keller!
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller is an autobiography. Who doesn't know Helen Keller!
informative
reflective
medium-paced
This was a beautiful and inspiring read! Helen Keller overcame so much and was the better for it. I loved her determined spirit, her love of books and nature, and the journey she went on to discover love and friendship. I also really felt her faith and courage, through it all and even still. I finished this book a better person than when I picked it up.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced