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Have you ever met a deaf or blind person? If you have do you ever wonder how they live with being Deafblind? Well in “The Miracle Worker” play and “The Miracle Worker” movie it shows the story of a deafblind person named Helen Keller. The play was written in 1956 by William Gibson and the movie was directed by Arthur Penn and released in 1962. The movie was adapted from the play so it is in a lot of ways alike but the director had to change a lot of things in the movie so in other ways it is also different. The movie had a lot people starring in it like Patty Duke, Anne Bancroft, Victor Jory, and Inga Swenson. The play and movie start off with a couple and a doctor looking down at a baby with brain fever. The child is affected so harshly by …show more content…

The child had been sick for a while before she had became DeafBlind the sickness she had was Scarlet fever which was then known as Brain fever. She had gotten it badly and it had affected her eyes and ears so she couldn’t hear or see. In addition, Annie has the battle of wits with Helen in the dining room. The scene starts off with the whole family sitting at the dining table when Helen starts going around the table grabbing food. Then she gets to Annie’s plate and tries to take some food and Annie grabs her hand and holds it down to the table. Helen recoils and breaks free then tries to get it again and she keeps getting blocked out by Helen. Then the family tells her to just let Helen be and Annie just tells the family to leave the dining room. She then fights over making Helen be civil at the table for several hours. Moreover, Annie and Helen have the great learning experience at the fountain. The scene starts with Helen and Annie in the dining room after Helen has returned to the Keller house after her exile with Annie. Helen starts testing everyone at the table by throwing her napkin on the ground. Annie comes over to Helen and starts to make her pick up her napkin and Kate responds by saying that this is Helen’s special day and that she is the guest of honor. Annie goes off about how if Helen isn’t treated like a seeing child she will become disobedient again. She then makes Helen pick up her napkin and Helen reaches for the water pitcher and throws it onto Annie. Annie then makes Helen come outside with her and help fill up the pitcher again. Annie tries to teach Helen

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