Abbreviation
accommodate
aisle
antonym
arid
communication
congenial
conservation
deceit
dexterous
docile
holy
homonym
different
infiltrated
infinite
isle
obedient
orient
psalmist
raze
salvation
saturation
slothful
sluggard
synonym
thesaurus
undaunted
unity
unyielding
wholly

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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.”