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    Research resources Helen Keller did not research topics for her speech. However, she did have to learn how to talk by the help of her friend, Anne Sullivan. Helen learned how to speak by feeling the vibrations of Anne’s voice and feeling the positions of her tong with her finger. Knowing Helen Keller was blind and deaf she did not research her speech topic she did however learn how to speak words. B. Methods of influencing an audience 1. Ethical proof I do think that Helen Keller knew what she was

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    Helen Keller: A Blind Inspiration ”I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker” (Quotations Page). Many people today struggle to see the light, just as Helen Keller did. She wanted to make it her duty to do whatever she could to help others like her. She felt that others

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    What Is Perseverance? One is drawing near to the finish line, their legs are aching and hurting. But they are persistent and determined to finish the race strong, so they push until they get to the end.This is a great example of what perseverance can feel and look like. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross stated, “Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their cravings”(“Goodread”). This quote is about how having perseverance can shape people and make them a better

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    Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880. She lived until she was almost eighty-eight years old. Near the end of her life, she was weakened by minor strokes. She died on June 1, 1968. During her lifetime, two very significant events were occurring. These events are known as World War 2 and the Women’s Rights Movement. Helen Keller supported both of these events publicly. Helen Keller was a true hero, at heart. She was a courageous, bold, and intelligent woman. Her courage was proven when she spoke

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    heart,” quoted this unbelievable journalist, Helen Keller. She was a bright, healthy child until a severe fever left her deaf, blind at a very young age, which made it nearly impossible for her to talk. Regardless of the disabilities she had, she still managed to master how to read lips, type, write, and even speak with help from her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Her courage and effort brought inspiration and encouragements to billions. Helen Adams Keller had a happy, wealthy childhood until she fell

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    “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched-they must be felt with the heart.”(Helen Keller) Helen Keller was born a healthy child on June 27th 1880. She was exceptionally smart for her age, she was starting to speak at only six months old and walk by her first birthday. At one year and seven months old she became very ill and the doctors told her family she had acute congestion of the stomach and brain. “I was still too young to realize what had happened. When

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    later, Helen Keller was unable to lead a normal childhood. She could not learn to hear or speak fluently like other children; however, she was introduced to her first teacher at the age of seven named Anne Sullivan, who would become her lifetime companion and teacher as she learned to overcome the difficulties of being blind and deaf. Anne Sullivan first demonstrated the possibilities of communication with others by teaching her how to spell and master the Braille system (Helen Keller) and Keller began

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    "The most beautiful thing in life cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller was an inspiration to a lot of people, specially those that share the same disabilities as her. She lost her hearing and sight at 19 months old when she contracted a sickness, but was taught and assisted by Anne Sullivan on how to communicate to the world. She attended several schools for the deaf and blind like Perkins Institute for the Blind and becoming the first deafblind person to

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    Helen Keller: America’s Greatest Deaf and Blind Person Imagine being confined to a windowless, pitch-black room. No doors for light to seep in; no spatial clues at all except a thump in the face once you reach the other side of the room. On top of that, there’s no sound. There’s nothing there to make sound, but there is a vague understanding that other warm-bodied creatures are in the room, too. This must have been what Helen Adams Keller’s life as a blind and deaf person was like. However, none

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    Helen Keller’s life is one not to forget. She suffered from a disease that changed her life. She eventually got some help and the teaching really improved her skills. Helen was a very interesting figure in the 20th century, and was famous from age eight until her death. On June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Helen Adams Keller was the first of two daughters born to Arthur Keller and Katherine Keller. Helen also got the experience of having two stepbrothers. Her life started out perfectly fine.

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