Movie - The Miracle Worker

This movie is a story about Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan. Helen Keller's was born blind, deaf and mute. Helen Keller's parents had no idea how to teach their daughter to discipline because Helen Keller's was problem child. So they contact the Perkins Institute for the Blind which is in Boston. Anne Sullivan was sent to teach Helen Keller's.

 

When Anne Sullivan was young, she lose her sight and had no skills in reading or writing. But she enrolled in the Perkins and manage to learn manual alphabet from Laura Bridgman, a graduate of Perkins and the first blind and deaf person to be educated there. Also while there, she had her eye operation that help her improved her vision.

 

Anne Sullivan arrived there, she argued with her parents the way that they treat her daughter cannot help her and will only make her worst. It is hard to educated Helen because Helen use anger to express her feeling and emotion by smashing stuff. However she managed to quickly connected with Helen. By the patience of Anne, she managed to teach her some manual alphabet. But because of the way Helen parent treat her, it is hard for Anne to teach her. So she request to Keller's family that she wanted to stay with Helen alone in the garden house. The Keller's family agree but give her only two weeks period of time. Anne Sullivan had taught Helen a lot that two weeks of time.

 

After two weeks end, the Keller came to get Helen back due to they missed Helen so much. But Helen bad behavior came back soon because she know her parents were there for her. But Anne does not tolerate her. Anne pulls Helen into the yard and forces her to refill the pitcher at the pump because she want to remember what her teacher had taught her this two weeks. Suddenly, in the movie, miracle happens on Helen. She started to remember the time that she learned manual alphabet and know how to communicate with it.

 

As a result, Anne Sullivan had done a great job in educated Helen Keller and remained as her teacher for the rest of her life. Helen Killer graduated for Radcliffe college with a B.A (honor) and became a world famous advocate for social equality. She was awarded the presidential Medal of Freedom.