“the elephant man: ” how mainly do treves's descriptions of merrick shape the way he is perceived?
question 13 options:
a)
the descriptions make merrick appear to be an animal or an object.
b)
the descriptions allow people to view merrick as gifted and fortunate.
c)
the descriptions make merrick appear taller than he is in real life.
d)
the descriptions allow people to view merrick as an intellectual.

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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.”