After Reading Helen Keller

The book tells the story of Helen Keller.

At the age of 19 months, Helen Keller was a happy, healthy girl. She could already say a few words. Unfortunately, she had a high fever which caused her to become deaf and blind. No longer could she see nor hear. The fever cut her off from the outside world, depriving her of sight and sound. It was as if she had been thrown into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release. She felt lost.

After that, she began to explore the world by using her other senses. She learned to do many things this way. For example, she could recognize people by feeling of their faces or their clothes.

She made up signs with her hands so she could "talk" to her family. She had 60 different signs. Helen was a very bright child. Soon she found herself was different from other children——she couldn't talk. This made her so angry that she used to hurl herself around the room, kicking and screaming in frustration.

The family knew they had to do something to help her. So, just before her seventh birthday, the family hired a private tutor — Anne Sullivan. Anne taught Helen the signs for the letters of the alphabet. Then she would "spell" the words in Helen's hand to communicate with her. One day Anne led Helen to the water pump and pumped water on her hand. She spelled the letters W-A-T-E-R as the water ran over Helen's hand. She did this over and over again. At last it dawned on Helen that the word "water" meant the water which she felt pouring over her hand. This opened up a whole new world for her. She ran everywhere asking Anne the name of different things and Anne would spell the words in her hand.

Helen had an amazing memory, and she also had skills very few people have ever been able to develop. She could put her fingers to a person's lips and understand the words which were being spoken.

While she was in college she wrote her book called "The Story of My Life". With the money she earned from the book she could afford a house.

She became famous and traveled around the world speaking to

groups of people. She met many important and well-known people as she traveled.

After her death in 1968 an organization was set up in her name to combat blindness in the developing world. Today that agency, Helen Keller International, is one of the biggest organizations working with blind people overseas.

I am touched by how firm Helen is. Compared to her, we are much healthier and live a happier life. After reading the story of her, I get to know how necessary we should enjoy our life. And I realize that if you keep working hard, you will succeed sooner or later. Helen will always be remembered as a heroine in my mind.

 

第二篇：海伦。凯勒读后感

《海伦·凯勒自传》读后感 曙光小学 五年级四班 邢家宁

前些天，我在图书馆看到一本《海伦·凯勒自传》，随手翻了翻，便被海伦·凯勒精彩人生经历深深的打动，于是就借回家如痴如醉的读了起来。海伦身上的勇气和坚强深深的吸引了我。

文章讲述了海伦艰辛坎坷、不畏困难、勇于奋斗的一生。海伦那不受命运拘束，坚强勇敢的精神让我潸然泪下。海伦一岁多的时候，一次大病使她与这美丽的世界永远的隔绝了。但是海伦并没有向命运低头，她在老师的指导下学会了用手语说话，并先后掌握了5种语言，而且完成了学业，攻读了博士，24岁时毕业于哈佛大学。从那以后，海伦便把所有的精力投入到了世界盲人的事业当中，还获得许多政府的与高等学院的嘉奖。最终，海伦通过自己的努力。战胜了命运，战胜了摆在自己面前的一道道困难的关卡，这是多少正常人无法做到的啊!但是她却做到了，她凭着自己的努力和坚持做到了。

我觉得，海伦是一个非同一般的女孩，她有着拼搏到底的勇气，有着惊人的意志，失去视力的她虽然不能感受雨后彩虹的美丽，无法欣赏皎洁明月的光辉，但她从来不言放弃，坚持不懈的奋斗到底。难道我们不应该学习她身上的这种坚持到底，不怕困难，不言放弃的精神吗？让我们从现在开始，惜光阴，勤学习，不畏困难，勇于挑战。不要白了少年头，才去空悲切。做一个不怕困难，勇于奋进，珍惜光阴的人吧！

（辅导老师：贾丹娜） 教师评语：

一个盲人取得这么大的成就是何等令人惊讶呀！如果海伦屈服于不幸的命运，那么她将成为一个可怜而愚昧的寄生者。然而她没有向命运低头，她以顽强的精神，走完了人生的道路为人类做出了巨大的贡献，成为一个知识广博，令天下人尊敬的人。

海伦的一生是不平凡的，她给予人们极大的鼓舞，使那些虚度光阴的人万分悔恨。记得海伦曾提出这样一来的问题：“假如你的眼睛明天将要失明，你今天要看什么？”这使我们懂得一个道理：我们健康人，不能迟疑，不能虚度光阴，应该珍惜这美好的时光，珍惜这美好的生活。文章语言流畅，情真意切，如果能加入一段海伦与困难做斗争的细节描写，会更有感染力。就让我们以海伦·凯勒为座右铭，大步向人生大道迈进吧！