Communication and Language
Read these two story and answer the questions, Remember to end your post with a question to further the discussion
- Question 1: Consider Helen Keller‘s address to the reader and her description of herself as “like that ship before my education began…” How effective is her metaphor of the sea in a dense fog? Does it effectively convey how Keller struggled? What came to mind as you read this figurative language?
- Question 2: Both Helen Keller and Malcolm X write about their limitations of communication and how they overcame them. How do they describe their limitations with language? How do they invite the reader to understand that limitation and feel it too?
- Question 3: What is the turning point in Helen Keller’s story? How does this event contribute to her transformation? What descriptions in her text stand out that show this as a transformative experience?
- Question 4: What is the turning point in Malcolm X’s story? How does this event contribute to his transformation? What descriptions in his text stand out that show this as a transformative experience?
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