Me ! _ 1.reread lines 1-16. what does the description suggest about qualities of the person called moses? 2. interpret reread lines 28–32. what is the effect of the author’s use of the phrase “in pursuit of four-footed game”? 3. interpret identify the parallelism in lines 47–49. how does this technique contribute to the effectiveness of these lines? 4. infer in lines 59–70, the author describes the difficulty of the task facing harriet tubman. what is tubman’s response? explain what her words and actions reveal about her. 5. analyze reread lines 258–265. find and explain three examples of the techniques the author uses to make the events come alive in this paragraph. 6. draw conclusions based on the characterization of harriet tubman in this biography, how would you describe her? fill out a chart like the one shown with examples from the selection, and then write a one-sentence description of this famous woman.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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