L-7 STORY OF MY LIFE
- HELEN KELLER
SHORT Q/A
Q.1. Who was Anne Mansfield Sullivan?
Ans.
She (Anne Mansfield Sullivan) was Helen Keller’s teacher.
Q.2. What was something unusual, happening
at the narrator's home?
Ans.
Mother was waiting to and fro in the house. Helen’s teacher was expected to
come. The narrator guessed that something unusual was about to he happen in the
house.
Q.3. What was the narrator doing while
sitting in the steps?
Ans.
She was waiting with a beating heart for something to be happened. Her fingers
lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and blossoms of honey
suckle plant.
Q.4. What was the wordless cry of the
narrator's soul?
Ans.
The gift of light and the light of shone on her, in that very hour. 'Light!
Give me light' was the wordless cry of the narrator's soul.
Q.5. Who had sent the doll for the
narrator?
Ans.
The little blind children at the Perkins Institute had sent it.
Q.6. How did, the narrator learn to spell
the words?
Ans.
She learnt to spell the words with a finger play on different things. By
imitating the words in the finger play, she learnt to spell them.
Q.7. Why did the narrator dash the doll
upon the floor?
Ans.
She felt sad because she was unable to learn the difference between mug and
water. Helen Keller was playing with
a' new doll. Miss Sullivan gave her the doll also. She made Helen Keller
understand that both were dolls.
Q.8. List the few words that the narrator's
teacher made her learn?
Ans.
The words were pin, hat, cup and a few verbs like sit, stand and walk. She was
made to learn many words.
Q.9. What did the narrator learn at the
well-house?
Ans.
She learnt the mystery of language as cool water flowed over her hand. The
mystery of language was revealed to her. The word 'water' awakened her soul,
gave it light, hope, joy and set it free.
Q.10. What made the narrator repent and
feel sorrowful?
Ans.
She touched the pieces of the doll which she had broken, her eyes were filled
with tears. The narrator picked up the, pieces of the doll which she had dashed
upon the floor. Her eyes were filled with tears. It made her repent and feel
sorrowful.
Long Question Answers
Ans1
‘The Story of My Life’ is written by Helen Keller. She was blind, deaf and
dumb. The theme of the chapter is that nothing is impossible before hard work
and strong will. Helen Keller was nineteen months when she became blind deaf
and dumb. Her teacher Anne Sullivan gave a right direction to her life. She
learned to read and write Braille. She was a quick learner. She learned lip
reading, by feeling shapes. She was very hard working. Thus she overcome her
physical barriers by her strong will.
Ans2
Helen Keller was a woman of strong will power and determination. She suffered
from a fever in her childhood. She became blind, deaf and dumb. But she fought
against her misery. Anne Sullivan helped her. Helen Keller worked hard. She was
a quick learner. She overcome her physical barriers by her strong will. She
learned Braille. She wrote a book ‘The Story of My Life’ it describes her
struggles.
Ans3
Helen Keller’s teacher was Anne Sullivan. She was very intelligent, hardworking
and determined teacher. Helen describes her ‘the light of love’. She took great
pains with her. She never got impatient with her. She made efforts to teach her
new words. In the end her efforts brought fruit. Helen Keller learned how to
communicate. Helen Keller describes her struggle in her book ‘The Story of My
Life’.
This
lesson tells us that even the blind and deaf can live life beautifully. A
gifted person, even if he is handicapped, can make a good contribution to the
society. Helen Keller was such a person. Despite being blind and deaf she had a
great gift of communication. Her teacher named Anne Sullivan came to teach her.
Helen Keller was an eager learner. She was very happy when she learned the
language. Helen Keller wrote her autobiography at the age of 22.
Q-1 Write a brief character sketch of the
narrator (Helen Keller) in about 100-120 words.
Ans-
(1) Helen Keller is the main character of the lesson 'The Story of My
Life.'This chapter has been taken from Helen
Keller's
autobiography'The Story of My Life. In this chapter she describes the influence
of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan in her life.
(2)
At the age of nineteen months, she became blind, deaf, and dumb because of a
fever. At that time the world became
dark
and miserable for her. She was filled with anger and bitterness.
(3)
when she was seven years old, Anne Mansfield Sullivan came in her life. She
gave right direction to her life. She taught her the mystery of language.
(4)
Helen Keller was a good student and quick learner. She learned to read and
write Braille and the art of lip reading known as TADOMA.
(5)
The first word she learned by finger play was 'd-0-1-1. She was confused with
words 'mug' and 'water. At the well house she learned the word 'water! So, her
teacher Miss Anne Sullivan worked very hard on her training.
(6)
At the age of 22, Helen Keller published her autobiography The Story of My Life
(1903), with the help from Sullivan and Sullivan's husband John Macy. In this
book she describes her struggles. Thus, we see that Helen become intelligent
and good by her teacher's hard work. So, teacher's inspiration is very
importaint in our life. We become good and successful person in life with the
help of teacher. So, we should respect our teachers.
Points to remember
1) The writer of the chapter is Helen Keller.
2) 'The Story of My Life' is her
auto-biography.
3) She wrote it at the age of 22.
4) Helen Keller became deaf and blind at the
age of nineteen months because of fever.
5) Anne Sullivan was her teacher.
6) Helen Keller met Sullivan, when she was of
7 years.
7) She learned the art of lip reading known
as TADOMA.
8) The first word she learned by finger play
was'd-o-l-l'.
9) She got the doll from the blind children
of Perkins institution.
10) While learning she got upset and broke the
doll.
11) She was confused with the words 'mug' and
'water'.
12) At the well house she learned the word
'water'.
13) Anne Sullivan played a great role in
teaching her.
