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In The Miracle Worker, Helen Keller is portrayed as an unruly, out of control, a child who suffers more from her parents' pity than from her affliction. Having been left deaf and blind after "congestion of the brain and stomach" when she was a baby. James, Helen's half-brother, has made previous suggestions about placing Helen in an asylum but when Annie Sullivan arrives, things are set to change. Helen's father never trusts this “schoolgirl” and is skeptical about her potential for achievement as he sees her as “nothing but a burden! Incompetent, impertinent, ineffectual, and immodest…”. It is the desperation of Helen’s mother, Kate, and talk of the asylum, that persuades him to allow Annie two more weeks to work with Helen.
Annie's flashbacks reveal her backstory. Annie is haunted by the death of her brother Jimmy, whom she promised to look after and protect.
Annie reveals what was life is like in an asylum, Helen’s possible, only other option. After hearing Annie's tragic experience, Helen's parents decide to give Annie another chance. Captain Keller still does not feel that Annie can achieve anything.
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