ESSAY: SHORT STORY REWRITE Imagine yourself in any one of the three stories you have just read. You may take the place of one of the existing characters, or you can simply insert yourself into the story. What would have been different if you were the character or if you were there? OBJECTIVES Write a 250-word story. Instructions: Choose any one of the stories, following the major events that take place in them, but change the actions and characters in the story. For example, what would you have differently if you were in Della's position? Or how would you have defeated General Zaroff? Write a story of at least 250 words.

yourself in any one of the three stories you have just read. You may take the place of one of the existing characters, or you can simply insert yourself into the story. What would have been different if you were the character or if you were there? OBJECTIVES Write a 250-word story. Instructions: Choose any one of the stories, following the major events that take place in them, but change the actions and characters in the story. For example, what would you have differently if you were in Della's position? Or how would you have defeated General Zaroff? Write a story of at least 250 words.

ESSAY: SHORT STORY REWRITE Imagine yourself in any one of the three stories you have just read. You may take the place of one of the existing characters, or you can simply insert yourself into the story. What would have been different if you were the character or if you were there? OBJECTIVES Write a 250-word story. Instructions: Choose any one of the stories, following the major events that take place in them, but change the actions and characters in the story. For example, what would you have differently if you were in Della's position? Or how would you have defeated General Zaroff? Write a story of at least 250 words.

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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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