Read the excerpt from Story of My Life by Helen Keller. Which answer choice is the best summary of the
excerpt?
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Meanwhile the desire to express myself grew. The few
signs I used became less and less adequate, and my
failures to make myself understood were invariably
followed by outbursts of passion. I felt as if invisible
hands were holding me, and I made frantic efforts to free
myself. I struggled not that struggling helped matters,
but the spirit of resistance was strong within me; I
generally broke down in tears and physical exhaustion. If
my mother happened to be near I crept into her arms,
too miserable even to remember the cause of the
tempest. After awhile the need of some means of
communication became so urgent that these outbursts
occurred daily, sometimes hourly.
O Laura Bridgman was deaf and blind, and she had
been educated. Helen needed to be educated like
Laura Bridgman so that she could express herself.
O Helen had frequent outbursts because she needed a
means of communication. Helen's mother began
looking for someone to educate Helen.
O Dr. Howe had developed methods of teaching the
deaf and blind, but he had been dead for many years.
Helen's parents had difficulty finding her a teacher.
Helen's friends and relatives didn't think she could be
taught. Helen's mother read about Laura Bridgman,
who was deaf and blind and had been educated.
My parents were deeply grieved and perplexed. We lived
a long way from any school for the blind or the deaf, and