What is the poet's purpose for including the names of famous authors and
philosophers?
A) to demonstrate the knowledge she has of influential writers

B)to offer insight into the types of writers she admires and reveres

C)to provide a list of the authors she has met
to specify historical examples of facts she has learned through reading

D)to specify historical examples of facts she has learned through reading

the words "strangest" and "unusual" suggest (:

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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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