Illustration of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan

The Miracle Worker

by William Gibson

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The Miracle Worker

Annie's brother, Jimmie, was sent with her to a harsh state asylum in Massachusetts after their mother died and their father abandoned them. Suffering from a tubercular hip, Jimmie was terrified of...

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The Miracle Worker

Annie links Jimmie and Helen in her mind due to her past guilt over failing to protect her brother Jimmie, who died young in an institution. She views saving Helen from institutionalization as a way...

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The Miracle Worker

In "The Miracle Worker," Jimmie, Annie Sullivan's younger brother, asks her the painful questions "Where we goin'?" and "When are we goin' home?" during her flashbacks to their time in the almshouse....

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