Reading Report Of "the story of my life" This book published when Keller was only twenty-two–portrays the wild child who is locked in the dark and silent prison of her own With an extraordinary immediacy， Keller reveals her frustrations and rage， and takes the reader on the unforgettable journey of her education and breakthroughs into the world of From the moment Keller recognizes the word “water” when her teacher finger-spells the letters， we share her triumph as “that living word awakened my soul， gave it light， hope， joy， set it free!” An unparalleled chronicle of courage， The Story of My Life remains startlingly fresh and vital more than a century after its first publication， a timeless testament to an indomitable Helen Keller would not be bound by Rendered deaf and blind at 19 months by scarlet fever， she learned to read (in several languages) and even speak， eventually graduating with honors from Radcliffe College in 1904， where as a student she wrote The Story of My L That she accomplished all of this in an age when few women attended college and the disabled were often relegated to the background， spoken of only in hushed tones， is But Keller's many other achievements are impressive by any standard: she authored 13 books， wrote countless articles， and devoted her life to social An active and effective suffragist， pacifist， and socialist (the latter association earned her an FBI file)， she lectured on behalf of disabled people She also helped start several foundations that continue to improve the lives of the deaf and blind around the As a young girl Keller was obstinate， prone to fits of violence， and seething with rage at her inability to express But at the age of 7 this wild child was transformed when， at the urging of Alexander Graham Bell， Anne Sullivan became her teacher， an event she declares "the most important day I remember in all my " (Sullivan herself had once been blind， but partially recovered her sight after a series of ) In a memorable passage， Keller writes of the day "Teacher" led her to a stream and repeatedly spelled out the letters w-a-t-e-r on one of her hands while pouring water over the This method proved a revelation: "That living world awakened my soul， gave it light， hope， joy， set it free! There were barriers still， it is true， but barriers that could in time be swept " And， indeed， most of them
