Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 - June 1, 1968) was an American blind, deaf-mute female writer and disabled educator. Born on June 27, 1880 in a town called Tuscumbia in northern Alabama. Scarlet fever took away her sight and hearing when she was 19 months old. Soon, she lost the ability to express herself verbally. However, in this dark and lonely world, she did not give up, but kept improving. With the efforts of her mentor Anne Sullivan, Helen used tenacious perseverance to overcome the mental pain caused by physical defects. She loves life: she can ride horses, ski, play chess, and also likes theater performances. She likes to visit museums and scenic spots and gain knowledge from them. She learned to read and speak, and began to communicate with other people. After graduating with honors from Radcliffe College in the United States, he became a learned man, a famous writer and educator proficient in English, French, German, Latin and Greek in five languages. She traveled around the United States and around the world to raise funds for schools for the blind, and dedicated her life to the welfare and education of the blind. She has won praise from people around the world and received awards from many governments.
Helen believes that the tragedy of vision and hearing loss often occurs in families that are unable to provide timely treatment to their children due to poverty. In order to eliminate the evil phenomena caused by social inequality, Helen joined the National Socialist Party of America (Socialist Party of America) and the International Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and became a radical socialist. He has written two articles, "How I Became a Socialist[1]" and "Why I Joined the IWW[2]" to explain his motivations. But Western history textbooks often praise Helen Keller's early struggles with illness, while the fact that she became a socialist as an adult is deliberately ignored. This was mentioned in the book "The Lies My Teacher Told Me - Mistakes Made by American History Textbooks" [3].
Helen Keller's main works include "If You Give Me Three Days of Light"[4], "My Life", "My Teacher", etc. Helen Keller wrote 14 books in her lifetime. "My Life" is her debut novel. As soon as the work was published, it immediately caused a sensation in the United States and was called "an unparalleled masterpiece in the history of world literature". It has been published in more than a hundred versions and has had a huge impact on the world. This book is compiled from Helen Keller's three books: "My Life", "Out of the Dark" and "Teacher" and the famous essay "If You Give Me Three Days of Light" published in the American "Atlantic Monthly". It is a complete and systematic way. It introduces the rich, vivid, true and great life of Helen Keller, and many words are introduced to Chinese readers for the first time. "If You Give Me Three Days of Light" is the 8th lesson in the second volume for fifth grade in the Jiangsu Education Edition, and is also the ninth lesson in the second volume for sixth grade in the trial version.
In the 20th century, a unique living individual shocked the world with her bravery. She - Helen Keller, a woman who lived in darkness but brought light to mankind, a woman who lived through A weak woman who passed away 88 years of her life, but survived 87 years of lightless, silent and speechless loneliness.
However, it is such a person who is claustrophobic in the world of blindness, deafness and muteness. He actually graduated from Harvard University's DeCliffe College; and used all his life's energy to run around and build charity organizations to benefit the disabled. He was selected as one of the top ten heroic idols in the United States in the 20th century by Time Magazine.
Creating this miracle all depends on an indomitable heart. Helen accepted the challenge of life, embraced the world with love, faced difficulties with amazing perseverance, and finally found the bright side of life in the darkness, and finally extended her loving hands to the whole world.
Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 - June 1, 1968) was a famous blind and deaf female writer and speaker in the United States in the 20th century. She was admitted to Harvard University with her strong will. Cliff College became the first blind and deaf person in the world to complete college education. He was selected as one of the "Top Ten Icons of Humanity" selected by Time Magazine in the United States and was awarded the "Presidential Medal of Freedom."
"If You Give Me Three Days of Light" is Helen Keller's masterpiece of prose. From the perspective of a weak woman with a disability and a strong will, she warned people with healthy bodies to cherish life and cherish the gifts given by the Creator. everything. In addition, "My Life Story" included in this book is Helen Keller's autobiographical work, which is known as "an unparalleled masterpiece in the history of world literature".
Helen Keller became blind and deaf-mute due to illness at an early age, but she continued to strive for self-improvement and overcame tremendous difficulties to finish college. He wrote more than a dozen works throughout his life and was committed to social activities to rescue disabled children, protect women's rights and fight for racial equality. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Helen Keller was born in Tuspera, Alabama, USA. She was born with intelligence. Less than six months after she was born, she could clearly say "tea" and other words, and her sensitivity to the things around her was even more acute.
One evening when she was just one year old, her mother put a basin of hot water in to wash Helen Keller's body before the sun went down. However, when her mother picked up Helen Keller from the bathtub and put her on her knees, and was about to wrap her up with a big towel, Helen Keller's eyes were suddenly attracted by the swaying shadows of the trees on the floor. passed. She looked at it curiously, fascinated, her eyes motionless, and she couldn't help but stretch out her little hand and pounce on it, as if she had to grab it.
At that time, although my mother had noticed the look in Helen Keller's eyes, in her eyes, the tree shadow was just a normal and natural phenomenon, nothing to make a fuss about. Therefore, she never expected that Helen Keller would lean forward with such force, but accidentally slipped her hand, causing Helen Keller to slip to the ground and cry non-stop. The mother knew that her daughter was frightened, so she quickly put Helen Keller into her arms and coaxed and deceived her for a while before Helen Keller calmed down.
Not long after the incident, my mother quietly recalled what happened. She found that Helen Keller seemed to have particularly keen observation skills. Normally, a one-year-old baby should be ignorant and have no tendency to try to understand anything deeply. However, Helen Keller had other delicate thoughts and even wanted to use her own limbs to feel the wonder of changes. Of course, compared with adults, Helen Keller's behavior was immature. If compared with other babies, it has to be special.
As a parent, if you are lucky enough to give birth to a child with excellent talents, of course you are very proud! Whenever relatives and friends came to visit the house, it would be fine if they did not talk about their daughter. Once the topic turned to Helen Keller, the mother's contented joy would naturally be revealed in her speech.
But how long can this joy last? While her parents were happily talking about Helen Keller's bright future, Helen Keller inexplicably fell into a serious illness. This serious illness not only took away the hope in her parents' hearts, but also turned Helen Keller into an invisible and invisible person. The little girl can't hear, and she's even more grumpy!
How should poor Helen Keller face a world without light and sound? This is a real headache. Usually educating a child with sound facial features is no longer an easy task, not to mention that Helen Keller was blind and deaf! Perhaps, parents can guess and imagine Helen Keller's mood, but they absolutely cannot understand it, just like Helen Keller cannot understand the life of a normal person, they really have no way of understanding it.
At first, my parents used experimental methods and tried again and again. Although they failed countless times, over time, they also figured out many tricks. In addition to passively guessing Helen Keller's He gestured with hands and feet, and sometimes taught Helen Keller to use body movements to express joy, anger, sorrow, and joy.
In addition, Helen Keller also learned to use touch to feel the things around her. In this way, little by little, after four or five years, Helen Keller will be able to appreciate everything that children can feel with their eyes and ears. It's just that her parents are not experts in disability education, so the body language Helen Keller learned can only be understood by her parents, but it is difficult for outsiders to understand.
Parents who have always cared about their daughters have always been concerned about this issue, especially when they think that one day they will be old and frail. If Helen Keller still cannot communicate with outsiders, then Helen Keller will What happens next will be very tragic. So, when Helen Keller was seven years old, they invited a specially trained Sullivan teacher from other places.
Teacher Sullivan and Helen Keller got along very well. They got along well within a few days of knowing each other, and Helen Keller also learned to read from Teacher Sullivan.
One day, the teacher wrote the word "water" on Helen Keller's palm. Helen Keller somehow couldn't write it down. The teacher knew where Helen Keller's difficulties were. She took Helen Keller to the fountain and asked Helen Keller to put her little hands under the blowhole, so that the cool spring water splashed on Helen Keller's hands. Then, Teacher Sullivan wrote the word "water" on Helen Keller's palm. From then on, Helen Keller remembered it firmly and would never be confused again. Helen later recalled: "Somehow, the secret of language was suddenly revealed, and I knew who it was that was a substance flowing through my palm. The word drink awakened my soul and gave me light and hope. , happy.
However, Teacher Sullivan believes that it is still inconvenient to communicate just by knowing how to read but cannot speak. However, Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since childhood, was unable to hear. Secondly, she could not see the sound of other people's speech, so even though she was not mute, she could not speak.
In order to overcome this difficulty, Teacher Sullivan took Helen Keller's place. She found an expert and taught her to use her hands to feel the changes in mouth shapes when others speak, as well as the differences in nasal inhalation and exhalation, to learn pronunciation. Of course, this is not an easy task, but Helen Keller. He still did it. In addition to breaking through functional barriers and learning to speak, the blind writer Helen Keller also dedicated her life to speaking for people with disabilities, encouraging them to affirm themselves and aspire to be a disabled but not disabled person. Helen Keller's love. , not only gives people with disabilities full confidence, but also inspires people from all over the world to pay attention to disability welfare and set up service organizations to help them live a healthy and happy life.
Helen Keller's masterpiece "If You Give Me Three". "Bright Days", from the perspective of a weak woman with a disability but a strong will, she warns healthy people to cherish life and everything given by the Creator. In addition, "My Life Story" included in this book is written by Helen Keller. This autobiographical work was hailed as "an unparalleled masterpiece in the history of world literature".
In 1968, Helen passed away at the age of 89. Her lifelong dedication to serving the disabled spread throughout the world. She wrote many books, and her story was also made into a movie. Teacher Sullivan gave her the most precious love, and she spread love to all unfortunate people and brought them hope after her death. Her outstanding contributions have touched the whole world, and people all over the world have carried out activities to commemorate her.
Helen Keller became blind and deaf-mute due to illness at an early age, but she continued to strive for improvement and overcame tremendous difficulties. After finishing college, she wrote more than a dozen works throughout her life, and she was also committed to social activities to help disabled children, protect women's rights, and fight for racial equality. Her deeds were filmed twice. /p>