Question

What foreshadowing takes place in Helen's story? What is the story she shares?

Answer 1

Foreshadowing in Helen's story:

The foreshadowing in the story is that after facing so many problems at last The Odyssey will return to his home in Ithaca.  In the narration complexity of the character of The Odyssey, a very vital role has been played by foreshadowing. Foreshadowing has a crucial contribution in the success of poem. The story that Helen shares have a main character Odyssey.  

“The story of my Life” which is an autobiography written by Helen Keller. In the story she tried to see the world as a deaf and blind person. It is so because being blind and deaf nothing will affect you because you can’t see anything and nothing will bother you because you can hear nothing so you can just do what you feel to do.

In the beginning of the story Helen shares her memories of early times when she was not blind and deaf. She has memory of contracting the illness that resulted in her sight loss and hearing loss. When she was six years old she started learning sign language. At the end of the story she took her present and past together and give them the meaning and continuity which also gives the continuity to his life and meaning to his autobiography and life too.