Which excerpt from A Poem for My Librarian. Mrs. Long gives the best example of an implicit detail? O There was always a radio which brought us
Songs from wlac in nashville
O There was a bookstore uptown on gay street
Which I visited
And up the hill on vine street
(The main black corridor) sat our caregie library
O And Mrs. Long opened that wardrobe
But no lions or witches scared me

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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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.”

the switch in narration increases the proximity of the narrator to the main character and the reader can perceive information only through the filter of a single character.