character sketch of Miss Anne Sullivan

Character sketch of 

Anne sullivan

Sullivan and Helen

Miss Anne Sullivan can rightly be called Anne's guide, mentor and teacher. she brought about a sweeping change in Helen's life and made her feel that there was an immeasurably contrast between her two lives - before and after the arrival of miss sullivan. she made her transcend her physical barriers. She taught her to communicate by spellings the words on her hands with her fingers. Her angelic touch, meticulous planing, deep commitment worked wonders for Helen. She started understanding the world in a better way and developed an optimistic approach towards life. learning was made playful by the instructional and innovative ideas of Miss Sullivan. All the subjects whether it was history, botany, geography or Zoology were made easier by Anne Sullivan's  teaching in play - way manner. Helen never felt that she was being educated. rather she believed that she was a little mass of possibilities which were unfold and developed by miss sullivan. Helen felt that before her education, she was like a ship without compass or sounding line and had no way of knowing how near the harbor was but Anne Sullivan's advent in her life took away all the bitterness from her life and brought a fresh breeze of joy and love in the life of Helen.