Throughout the book the family does not know how to manage Helen at all. She terrorizes the house and screams and complains when she does not get her way. The ordeal is tearing up the whole family. They then decide that they need to get help for Helen.

Captain Keller says "Not money. The child's been to specialists all over Alabama and Tennessee; if I thought it would do well I'd have her to ever fool doctor in the country." All the family cares about is trying to get Helen a good doctor and trying to make her well. But in the mea

When Annie arrives Kate and Captain meet her with open arms hoping that she will be the answer to their blind and deaf Helen. When they get to the house right away Annie starts examining Helen to determine what she is capable of doing. Annie and Kate and Helen are in Annie's room when Helen takes the scissors. Annie tries to take the scissors from Helen but does not get them. Helen stabs Annie with them. Helen gets all riled up and Kate gives her a piece of candy to make her calm down. Annie gets extremely mad and does not understand why can not and will not teach Helen any means of discipline and gets mad at Kate for doing things just to make her calm. Which turns into a big argument between the two of them.

n time, they are not teaching her how to talk or to read. The family just gives her what she wants, when she wants it and this is putting stress on the family. Kate

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Approximate Word count = 591
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)