The Miracle Worker

THE MIRACLE WORKER The miracle worker was the story of Annie Sullivan and her efforts to teach a girl named Helen Keller who was blind, deaf, and therefore mute. Everything started when Helen’s parents realized that Helen was getting out of control and was starting to become a problem. After thinking about several ways to help Helen, they decided to hire Annie to teach Helen manners, discipline, and if there was any hope, a …

…trying to let her know that that was the name and if she learns it she would be able to communicate. And when they got to the pump and the water came out Helen remembered that as a baby she used to call water, waa waa, and as soon as she knew that she could finally understand that Annie was trying to teach her the name of things so she would be able to communicate.