Helen Keller's Freedom from Prison

Helen Keller began her journey out of her personal prison when a teacher came.  The teacher, Miss Sullivan, would write a word in Helen’s hand and then would give Helen the object she wrote in her hand so that Helen would make the connection that D-O-L-L was a doll, et cetera.  Pretty soon, Helen was ready to learn to talk vocally.  Miss Sullivan would have Helen rest her fingers on the teacher’s mouth to feel the position of her lips and tongue as Miss Sullivan would say a word.  Helen would then try to copy those same movements.  After much hard work, Helen was able to speak, though a lot of the time you could not understand what she was saying; she could talk, nonetheless.  I think it is amazing that a woman who’s blind and deaf could do such amazing feats as learning to speak and sign so quickly!!!  It’s astounding.