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هيلين كيلر الإعجاز والإنجاز
150 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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Helen Keller
329 books1,830 followersBlind and deaf since infancy, American memoirist and lecturer Helen Adams Keller learned to read, to write, and to speak from her teacher Anne Sullivan, graduated from Radcliffe in 1904, and lectured widely on behalf of sightless people; her books include
Out of the Dark
(1913).
Conditions bound not Keller. Scarlet fever rendered her deaf and blind at 19 months; she in several languages and as a student wrote The Story of My Life . In this age, few women then attended college, and people often relegated the disabled to the background and spoke of the disabled only in hushed tones, when she so remarkably accomplished. Nevertheless, alongside many other impressive achievements, Keller authored 13 books, wrote countless articles, and devoted her life to social reform. An active and effective suffragist, pacifist, and socialist (the latter association earned her a file of Federal Bureau of Investigation), she lectured on behalf of disabled people everywhere. She also helped to start several foundations that continue to improve the lives of the deaf and blind around the world.
As a young girl, obstinate Keller, prone to fits of violence, seethed with rage at her inability to express herself. Nevertheless, at the urging of Alexander Graham Bell, Anne Sullivan, a teacher, transformed this wild child at the age of 7 years in an event that she declares "the most important day I remember in all my life." (After a series of operations, Sullivan, once blind, partially recovered her sight.) In a memorable passage, Keller writes of the day "Teacher" led her to a stream and repeatedly spelled out the letters w-a-t-e-r on one of her hands while pouring water over the other. This method proved a revelation: "That living world awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away." And, indeed, most of them were.
Conditions bound not Keller. Scarlet fever rendered her deaf and blind at 19 months; she in several languages and as a student wrote The Story of My Life . In this age, few women then attended college, and people often relegated the disabled to the background and spoke of the disabled only in hushed tones, when she so remarkably accomplished. Nevertheless, alongside many other impressive achievements, Keller authored 13 books, wrote countless articles, and devoted her life to social reform. An active and effective suffragist, pacifist, and socialist (the latter association earned her a file of Federal Bureau of Investigation), she lectured on behalf of disabled people everywhere. She also helped to start several foundations that continue to improve the lives of the deaf and blind around the world.
As a young girl, obstinate Keller, prone to fits of violence, seethed with rage at her inability to express herself. Nevertheless, at the urging of Alexander Graham Bell, Anne Sullivan, a teacher, transformed this wild child at the age of 7 years in an event that she declares "the most important day I remember in all my life." (After a series of operations, Sullivan, once blind, partially recovered her sight.) In a memorable passage, Keller writes of the day "Teacher" led her to a stream and repeatedly spelled out the letters w-a-t-e-r on one of her hands while pouring water over the other. This method proved a revelation: "That living world awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away." And, indeed, most of them were.
In her lovingly crafted and deeply perceptive autobiography, Keller's joyous spirit is most vividly expressed in her connection to nature:
Indeed, everything that could hum, or buzz, or sing, or bloom, had a part in my education.... Few know what joy it is to feel the roses pressing softly into the hand, or the beautiful motion of the lilies as they sway in the morning breeze. Sometimes I caught an insect in the flower I was plucking, and I felt the faint noise of a pair of wings rubbed together in a sudden terror....
The idea of feeling rather than hearing a sound, or of admiring a flower's motion rather than its color, evokes a strong visceral sensation in the reader, giving The Story of My Life a subtle power and beauty. Keller's celebration of discovery becomes our own. In the end, this blind and deaf woman succeeds in sharpening our eyes and ears to the beauty of the world. --Shawn Carkonen
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January 10, 2013
هذا الكتاب يحتوي على مقالات مترجمه كانت هيلين كيلر الكفيفة الصماء تنشرها عبر الصحف المختلفه في البلاد..
مقالات هيلين كيلر تلامس القلب قبل ملامستها للعقل ..
اسلوبها يذكرني بأسلوب مصطفى السباعي والطنطاوي، ركزت على تنمية المرأه، الامومه، التعليم وغيرها .. الكتاب بسيط لكن لطيف جدا ♥
مقالات هيلين كيلر تلامس القلب قبل ملامستها للعقل ..
اسلوبها يذكرني بأسلوب مصطفى السباعي والطنطاوي، ركزت على تنمية المرأه، الامومه، التعليم وغيرها .. الكتاب بسيط لكن لطيف جدا ♥
June 27, 2013
لم أكن أظن أن مقالات الكتاب ستلامس فؤادي بهذه الطريقة...
تشع من سطورها شمس الله المشرقة في روحها
جددت إيماني بالله كما جددت إيماني بالكتابة كشِفاء.. شفاء من سقم الروح
لكن آن سوليفان هي جزء لا يتجزأ من هيلين. تلك المعلمة الصبورة الحنونة تفوح نسائم إنسانيتها وروحها البديعة مع كل سطر تخطه هيلين ومع كل معجزة تحققها.
أن تهب عمرك كله لتدريس طالب واحد! ثم أن تضع كل أملك وآمالك، كل حبك وإيمانك بفتاة صغيرة بربرية لا تسمع ولا ترى ولا تتكلم.. تلك هي المعجزة حقاً
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تشع من سطورها شمس الله المشرقة في روحها
جددت إيماني بالله كما جددت إيماني بالكتابة كشِفاء.. شفاء من سقم الروح
لكن آن سوليفان هي جزء لا يتجزأ من هيلين. تلك المعلمة الصبورة الحنونة تفوح نسائم إنسانيتها وروحها البديعة مع كل سطر تخطه هيلين ومع كل معجزة تحققها.
أن تهب عمرك كله لتدريس طالب واحد! ثم أن تضع كل أملك وآمالك، كل حبك وإيمانك بفتاة صغيرة بربرية لا تسمع ولا ترى ولا تتكلم.. تلك هي المعجزة حقاً
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August 2, 2015
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