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A Hero- A person who has influenced another and a person who another looks up to for a certain reason. Also someone who inspires another.

1.)an intro about your 19th century hero- A famous person named helen keler as you probably already know was a hero in the 19th century who inspired many people now that are blind and deaf. she influenced many and is still very famous to this day. Heres more information about her and how she has inspired others!

2.)put heros life into perspective

Helen keller was born perfectly normal and healthy intol when she wasd about 13 months old she came down with an illness as an acute congestion of the stomache and the brain. The illness didnt last long but it left her deaf and blind. She could of had the choice to just sit home all day and learn nothing but she didnt. Her parents got her an instructor named anne sullivan. Helen had to be isolated from her whole family. Anne loved her like her own child but had to disipline her. She started teaching her things by having her touch it. for example water. Sullivan taught her how to speak tadoma which was a method of touching the lips and throat of others as they speak, combined with fingerspelling letters on the palm of the child's hand. Later Keller learned braille, and used it to read not only english but also french, german, greek, and latin. Later she wrote 2 books and acted in a movie. This took so much hard work for this 10 year old girl to do. Today, a kid only learns one other language and think its hard. This girl was deaf and blind and learned 5 different ones. This has deffinatley inspired others to do well and that anything is possible. when did they live- in the 20 first years of her life she was in the 19th century which means she was born in 1880 where- grew up in alabama were they trying to help- to prove others that this could accually happen and that she wanted to have a good life and it didnt matter if she was deaf or blind. why was this person important?- this person was important because she grew deaf and blind. This is very hard for a family to get used to but she grew into being a normal person. She was able to do anything that a normal kid could do which is amazing. She was the first deaf and blind person to ever graduate

3.) what makes your person a hero?- many people today have disabilities. Not many are both deaf and blind, but alot are either one or another. When one turns blind or deaf they think that there life is over. But helen has proved everyone wrong because it dosent matter what kind of person you are and whats wrong with you your still a unique person and you can make things happen. If i was blind or deaf i wouldnt give up and i would know that i could still learn to see things or sense things. If helen never became deaf or blind no one would even try or think that it was possible to be able to communicate with others but helen broved everyone wrong

4.) what is the persons legacy? Even though helen keller is now dead, people will always remember her nomatter what. She became blind and deaf at such an early age and by the age 7 she started to know what things accually were and could read. Today people look up to that. Even if its in a different situation like if they think its impossible to do something they can look at helen keller and see what she has done to inspire them. Shes written many books before she passed away that talked about her life and how she got through the tragic times in her life. Close your eyes and plug your ears? how do you feel? your feel like a nothing. thats how helen keller felt but she didnt let her effect her. She acted like a happy girl and went on with her life like nothing was wrong with her. This is probably the hardest thing a person could do and that really inspires me and im sure a bunch of other people.

5.)What advice would they have for todays youth?