Helen Keller could overcome her obstacles, since her family supported and encouraged her. One day, they took Helen to the Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, and this meeting was the most important case that affected her attitude toward defeating obstacles. However, Frank’s family never supported him, especially his father. His father abandoned his children and wife, and he did not take care of his family. His father never paid attention to his son’s interests in studying.
In addition, Helen Keller was born in a well-to-do family: Her father was well-known Confederate Army Captain. In her family, there were not any financial problems. On the other hand, Frank McCourt’s family was suffering from poverty. Frank and his family were living in an old house without a bathroom, all family members were sharing only one bed, they were wearing poor clothes, and even they could hardly find anything to
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He had to work in order to support his family, therefore he left the university. However, Helen Keller graduated Radcliff College, where she earned Bachelor of Arts degree. Though Frank McCourt did not graduate the college, he managed to win some awards for his books such as Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and National Book Critics Circle Awards. In contrast to Frank McCourt, Helen Keller received the Oscar Award for the documentary about her life and awarded by President Lyndon Johnson for her social activities.
Different from Frank McCourt, Helen Keller had never married. Frank McCourt married three times. However, all these marriages were unpleasant. Frank McCourt has one daughter from the first marriage, and she is also interesting in writing like her father. On the other hand, Helen Keller chose to live alone, thus she never got married. Though the marriage was her dream, she always thought that no one would want to be burdened with her because of her disabilities. In addition, she knew that it would be very challenging to establish a new family and to take care of