Discovering language through touch from "summary" of The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
In those early days of my childhood, language was a mystery to me. I could feel the vibrations of sounds as they passed through my fingertips, but their meaning eluded me. It was as though I was reaching out into the unknown, trying to grasp something just beyond my understanding. It was through touch that I began to unravel the secrets of language. My teacher, Annie Sullivan, guided my hands across the pages of a book, tracing the shapes of letters and words. With each touch, a new world opened up to me - a world of words and ideas that I had never known before. Through this tactile exploration, I learned to connect the symbols on the page with the objects and concepts they represented. I discovered that each letter had a unique shape and sound, and that by combining them in different ways, I could create meaning and express my thoughts. As I delved deep...
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