Miss Spitfire Flashcards
In this book, one of the main characters graduated from the Perkins Institution.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
In this book, a character’s brother dies as a child, leaving this character without family growing up.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
“I’m delighted by her intelligence, in spite of this dismaying audacity.”
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
“Her features show none of the subtle ripples of thought emotion that pass over normal faces.”
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
“We were just making our bread. She tried to tell me something with her hands, but I couldn’t understand her quick enough.”
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
Soon after Annie arrives, Helen throws a tantrum when working with young Martha Washington.
“There’s a difference between understanding and simple obedience.”
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
Having Helen learn obedience was very important to Annie Sullivan.
“Even things that don’t make sense to her, she imitates.”
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“It’s the question of what lies behind those sealed doors that troubles me most.”
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“I’m not sure I can do this job.”
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Annie Sullivan, unsure if she can teach Helen
“Then I hear it. Click. She’s locked me in.”
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
Helen locks Annie in the bedroom, after Annie had done the same to Helen.
“I hear a crack inside my head and think for a moment, of thunder, until something in my mouth distracts me.”
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Helen hits Annie and knocks out a tooth.
“Come back here, you beast”
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“It’s hardly fair to punish her for something she doesn’t understand.”
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Keller struggled to discipline her before Annie’s arrival, feeling she cannot understand anything so that she should not be punished.
In this book, one of the main characters grew up in an institution, abandoned relatives.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
“If you don’t stop her now, it’s a prizefighter you’ll be hiring to cope with her later.”
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“If she can sort and fold laundry, there’s no excuse for her not to crease a bit of cloth into a square before leaving the table.”
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
“At sixty-eight she surrenders, folding the napkin quicker than a skivvy on washing day.”
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
Annie held her hand over Helen’s mouth until Helen cooperated with folding the napkin at the end of a meal. Again, Miss Annie felt it was imperative for Helen to learn obedience.
“Let me take her away somewhere.”
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Miss Annie feels Helen’s family is preventing Helen from learning from Annie.
In this book there is a poem about Matilda Jane, a child who is blind, mute and deaf.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
Miss Annie spells this poem to Helen in the early days after the pair move into the little house on the family’s property. In the end of “Miss Spitfire,” the author acknowledges that this poem, written by Lewis Carroll, was actually written after the time this story occurred.
