My Rating: 5/5
Review: So beautiful and dramatic! I was completely drawn into this wonderful play based on the real life struggle between teacher and child. What must have been like for Helen Keller to be born deaf and blind. There is no pity needed, though, because we all know that she turned into a magnificent, strong, and independent woman. Of course, her teacher, Anne Sullivan, is a big part of that. I admire her determination and patience. My goodness, what a little hellion the young Miss Keller was at first. The moment when all that struggle becomes worth it, when that little girl finally got what it all meant, was such a powerful moment. I remember seeing the play as a young adult, and it moved me like no other. I'm so glad that I saw it back than, and I am so glad that I read it now.
Book Description: Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. The Miracle Worker dramatizes the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human and treated by her family as such. Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence. With scenes of intense physical and emotional dynamism, Annie's success with Helen finally comes with the utterance of a single, glorious word: "water".
1 comment:
I had completely forgotten that I had read this until your review. I recall loving it every bit as much as you did. Keller was an amazing woman who would have been nothing without an equally amazing woman in Sullivan.
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