Light up the light in your heart

Kattie 2022-01-10 08:02:42

After watching the movie, Joe said that it took luck for Helen to finally learn to speak. Dongdong said that if Helen lived in a poor family, maybe he would die early, right? When he saw Helen finally learned to think and learned to utter "wa-wa", the moment his parents hugged her tightly, tears filled their eyes. Maybe we who are watching the movie have been waiting for the good result of a climax, looking forward to the beautiful ending of the story. We are more willing to comment on Helen's achievements, and psychologically avoided the suffering of her growth as much as possible. Just as we often only see the glorious side of success, automatically shielding the suffering behind it.
Returning to Helen's luck to speak. There is no doubt that Helen lives in a family with superior family conditions, and her mother has deep love and guilt for her. Helen is witty and clever, and has a strong curiosity about everything in the world. She was lucky enough to meet teacher Sullivan. All this caused her luck. But in fact, Helen is one of the small probability events. Because of her miracle can be widely known. In the film, Mr. Sullivan talks about the situation in the nursery, which can give a glimpse of the difficulties of disabled children. Therefore, Helen's achievements can be even more admired and admired by people. She is miracle and luck. Well, maybe it's time to read "If You Give Me Three Days of Light".
Helen's childhood lived in the 1880s. At that time, the land of China was being attacked by the great powers, and the Chinese people were troubled by opium and ran for self-reliance. Charity and relief have improved through the efforts of the people, but it is difficult to get attention. At the end of the 19th century, there were already specialized schools and teachers in the United States to educate students with disabilities. Although this requires several applications to complete. Does this also show that the United States is indeed more advanced than China for many years?
When the 6-year-old Helen played, she stumbled and climbed down the stairs. Her shadow first appeared, and then it kept getting bigger. What we saw was a girl who was constantly groping with her hands and curious about the world. She grew up with sympathy and favor from her family, and no one tried her best to teach her the rules. So she was brutal, violent, and eager to express her but could not happen. She could only satisfy her strong curiosity and thirst for knowledge through constant destruction. The film uses many shots to show Helen's violence and does not understand the rules. Although she is a girl, she is no different from a fierce lion. Teacher Sullivan taught her to use a fork, the section that folded napkins, and the section that taught her to learn the phonetic alphabet. The characters are full of struggle and pain. Teacher Sullivan is eager to change and believes that education can make Helen understand thinking. Helen lives and destroys more often by instinct. What her family gave her was indulgence and sympathy, rather than treating her alone. So various conflicts appeared in the middle. Fortunately, a miracle will happen. Fortunately, the teacher did not give up. Fortunately, Helen was talented and intelligent, and achieved a miracle in the 19th century, which brought a strong shock to later generations!
If there is no light, no language, no communication, human suffering will be infinitely magnified. Education and language practice are on the one hand to regulate human behavior, on the other hand it also teaches people more ways of communication and expression. Normal people should not be able to imagine a day without light, so we learned to use fire and made electric lights.
Light should always exist in the heart, and the meaning of language, thought, and education is to light up the lamp in the heart.

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  • Robb 2022-03-16 09:01:06

    Better than a student who brought out a Nobel Prize

  • Alexis 2022-04-21 09:03:02

    Helen Keller that I know is not like that. May be preconceived

The Miracle Worker quotes

  • James Keller: Finding out if she's ticklish? She is. What is it, a game?

    Annie Sullivan: An alphabet.

    James Keller: Alphabet?

    Annie Sullivan: [finger-spelling to Helen] For the deaf.

    Annie Sullivan: [after Helen finger-spells back to her] Oh, how bright she is!

    James Keller: You think she knows what she's doing? She's a monkey. She imitates everything.

    Annie Sullivan: Yes, she's a bright little monkey, all right!

    James Keller: She wants her doll back.

    Annie Sullivan: After she spells it.

    James Keller: Spells? She doesn't know the thing has a name, even.

    Annie Sullivan: Of course not. Who expects her to now? I just want her fingers to learn the letters.

    James Keller: She doesn't seem to like that alphabet very much, Miss Sullivan. Did you invent it yourself?

    Annie Sullivan: Spanish monks under a vow of silence, which I wish you'd take!

  • Kate Keller: What are you saying to her?

    Annie Sullivan: Oh, I was just making conversation. Telling her it was a sewing card.

    Kate Keller: Does that mean that to her?

    Annie Sullivan: Oh, no, she won't know what spelling is till she knows what a word is.

    Kate Keller: The captain says it's like spelling to a fence post.

    Annie Sullivan: Does he now? It's how I watch you talk to your baby.

    Kate Keller: The baby?

    Annie Sullivan: Any baby. It's gibberish. Grown-up gibberish. Baby-talk gibberish. Do they understand one word of it to start? Somehow they begin to if they hear it. I'm letting Helen hear it.

    Kate Keller: Other children are not impaired.

    Annie Sullivan: Oh, there's nothing impaired in her head. It works like a mousetrap.

    Kate Keller: Then when will she learn?

    Annie Sullivan: Maybe after a million words.