which character in the story is most clearly the foil sanchez, defense lawyer, had wanted her client to plead guilty. her client, holmes, probably wasn't guilty, but the prosecutor was going to use so many shady tactics to make him look guilty plea, holmes would at least get a lighter sentece. but but there was was no use arguing with him anymore. holmes had insited. "even if they lock me up for years," he had said, "i will never admit to that to that crime." holmes was a diffcult man to work with, but sanchez admired his sense of honor. the judge banged her gavel and asked, "how do you plead?" sanchez took a deep breath. "not guilty, your honor," she said. and so the trial began

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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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