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Very interesting book. Today we focus on Helen Keller's disabilities and ignore the person. Contrary to popular conception she wasn't some sort of simpleton, but highly intelligent and opinionated. She was well spoken (yes she learned to speak), could write very well, and fluent in several languages. We also overlook the contribution her teacher made to education and how devoted Miss Sullivan was to Helen. Both were remarkable women.
The book is in three parts: Her autobiography, a collection of her letters, and observations from her teacher and the books editor. All were interesting but her letters were the slowest part for me as they recapitulated some of the autobiography and the early ones were (understandably) very disjointed. That being said, they did shed light onto how she lived her life and the methods she used to get by in the world.
My only disappointment with the book is that it only covered her life through her second year at college. In other books I've read I learned she became involved in "radical politics" (socialism) and I'm curious as to the details on that part of her life. I'll have to find a book about this part of her life.
The book is in three parts: Her autobiography, a collection of her letters, and observations from her teacher and the books editor. All were interesting but her letters were the slowest part for me as they recapitulated some of the autobiography and the early ones were (understandably) very disjointed. That being said, they did shed light onto how she lived her life and the methods she used to get by in the world.
My only disappointment with the book is that it only covered her life through her second year at college. In other books I've read I learned she became involved in "radical politics" (socialism) and I'm curious as to the details on that part of her life. I'll have to find a book about this part of her life.