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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.”

a dictionary contains alphabetical list of words that include the meaning, etymology and pronunciation while the thesaurus is a book that contains synonyms and even antonyms.

a dictionary explains the meaning of a word and shows how it is spelled and used. a thesaurus is a book that contains words that can be used in the place of another. unlike the dictionary the words in a thesaurus are arranged either alphabetically or thematically.