Dec 21, 2009

The Story of My Life | Topics for Discussion

1. Why is Helen so frustrated by her desire to communicate before Anne Sullivan arrives?
2. Helen learns that the word "w-a-t-e-r" means what comes out of the pump in the well-house. Why is this such a significant discovery?

3. Why is learning to speak with her mouth important to Helen? Why does her joy in speaking make her family respond to her accomplishment in silence?

4. In her descriptions of what she has "seen," Helen often uses words that suggest visual images she is incapable of actually seeing, or sounds she cannot hear. Find some instances of this and...