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"If You Give Me Three Days of Light" is Helen Keller's masterpiece of prose, in which she exhorts able-bodied people to cherish life and all that the Creator has given us, from the perspective of a weak woman with a crippled will.
Her world is only a lonely time without light, sound, and speechless.
But she stubbornly thought that if I was given three days of light—
Day 1: I want to see through the "window of the soul" those kind, gentle and touching people who encourage me to live.
Day 2: I'm going to get up at dawn to see the moving miracle of night turning into day. I will look up in awe at the magnificent panorama of the dawn as the sun awakens the sleeping earth.
On the third day, I will spend time in the current daily world, to the places where people who are busy with life often go, to experience their happiness, sorrow, emotion, and kindness.
Brief introduction of the work
If You Give Me Three Days of Light" is a masterpiece of prose by the famous contemporary American writer Helen Keller. The first half of the book focuses on Helen's life after she became blind and deaf, and the second half describes Helen's school life. At the same time, it also introduces her experience of different and colorful life and her charity activities.
From the perspective of a weak woman with a cripple and a strong will, she admonishes able-bodied people to cherish life and cherish all that the Creator has given them. In addition, "My Life Story", which is included in this book, is Helen Keller's autobiographical work, which has been hailed as "an unparalleled masterpiece in the history of world literature."
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Hello and a pleasure for you.
How could it be that I was alone, walking in the woods for an hour without seeing anything noteworthy? I, a person who can't see, discover a lot of things that interest me just by touch. I felt the perfect symmetry of a leaf.
I have fondly stroked the glossy bark of a birch, or the rough bark of a pine tree. In the spring, I touched the branches of the trunk and searched hopefully for the buds, which was the first sign of nature's awakening after the harsh winter slumber. I stroked the pleasantly velvety texture of the flower, felt its wonderful winding, and some miracle of nature revealed itself to me.
Sometimes, if I am lucky, I place my hand gently on a small tree, and I feel the joyful trembling of a bird singing loudly, and I happily let the cool water of the stream flow through my outstretched fingers. For me, a dense carpet-like pine needle or a soft and bouncy meadow is preferred to the most luxurious Persian rug. For me, the spectacular and ornate display of the seasons is an exciting, endless drama.
The performance of this drama poured out through the tips of my fingers.
On the first day, I was going to see people whose kindness, simplicity, and friendship made my life worth living. First of all, I wish to gaze for a long time into the face of my dear teacher, Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy. When I was a child, she came to me and opened up the outside world for me.
I will not only see the contours of her face so that I may treasure it in my memory, but I will also study her countenance and discover vivid signs of her tenderness and patience that come out of compassion, by which she accomplishes the difficult task of educating me. I wanted to see in her eyes the strength of character that would enable her to stand firm in the face of difficulties, and the compassion she often showed me for all humanity.
6 I don't know what it means to see through the "window of the soul," that is, to see through the eyes the heart of a friend. I can only use the tips of my fingers to "see" the contours of a face. I was able to detect laughter, sorrow, and many other obvious emotions.
I know my friends by feeling their faces. However, I can't really paint a picture of their personality by touch. Of course, through other methods, through the thoughts they express to me, through whatever actions they show me, I also have an idea of their personalities.
But I can't have a deeper understanding of them, and that understanding, I believe, can be obtained by seeing them, by reacting to the thoughts and situations being expressed, by noticing the reactions of their eyes and faces.
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I hurried to the top of one of those massive buildings, the Empire State Building, for not long ago, I had "looked down" on the city with the eyes of my secretary, and I longed to compare my imagination with reality. I am sure that the full view that unfolds before me will not disappoint me, because it will be another world view for me. At this point, I started to travel around the city.
First of all, I stood on a busy street corner, just looking at people, trying to understand their lives by observing them. I feel happy to see their smiles; I am proud to see their serious decision; Seeing their suffering, I can't help but feel compassion.
I walked along Fifth Avenue. I looked around, not on a particular target, but on a kaleidoscopic array of colours. I was sure that the colors of the clothes of the women who moved in the crowd must have been a gorgeous picture that would never bore me.
Yet if I had the vision, I would probably be as interested in the fashionable style of individual garments as most other women, and less interested in the abundance of brilliant colors. And I'm sure I'll be a hard-to-get habit of being a window shopper, because it's a delight to look at these countless beautiful displays.
The next morning, I will greet the dawn once more, anxious to find new joy, for I believe that for those who really can see, the dawn of each day must be a new beauty that will be repeated forever. According to the deadline of my imaginary miracle, this will be the third and last day I have vision. I will not have time to spend on regrets and eagerness because there is so much to see.
On the first day, I gave to my living and inanimate friends. The next day, the history of man and nature was shown to me. Today, I'm going to spend my time in the current everyday world, going to places that people who are busy with their lives, and where else can I find so many activities and so many situations like in New York?
So the city became my destination.
From Fifth Avenue onwards, I'm going to go around the city, to the Park Avenue, to the slums, to the factories, to the parks where the children play, and I'm going to visit the foreigners' quarters, and I'm going on a trip abroad without going out. I always keep my eyes open to the full picture of happiness and misery so that I can delve deeper and learn more about how people work and live.
My heart is filled with images of people and things. My eye never lets go of a small thing, and it strives to pay close attention to everything it sees. Some sights are delightful and intoxicating; But some are extremely tragic and sad.
For the latter, I will never close my eyes, because they are also part of life. To close your eyes in front of them is to close your heart and your mind.
My third day with vision is coming to an end. There may be a lot of important and serious things that I need to use the remaining hours to see and do. However, I fear that on the last night I will go to the theater again and watch a lively and interesting play, so that I can appreciate the harmony of the human mind.
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If You Give Me Three Days of Light" After Reading When I opened the book of "If I Were Given Three Days of Light" again, there were still no thrilling events in it, but there was one time that deeply moved me. Indeed, Helen Kellerna"Not calm"His life and his struggle against fate inspired me and gave me the strength to fight. As normal people, it is difficult for us to imagine that a person who is blind, deaf, and speechless can perceive all things in heaven and earth with his heart, and Helen listens to the most beautiful voice in the world with her heart and sees the most beautiful scenery in the world.
I remembered a small incident that happened when I first watched "If You Give Me Three Days of Light" one year ago. ......"Sister, let me tell you the story of Helen Keller. " "Helen keller?
Romance ** home? Star? A master hacker?
No, she was a great man who was deaf, dumb and blind. " "So what's there to talk about, you should tell me about Jay Chou's recent news. " ……Anyone who has watched "If You Give Me Three Days of Light" should know her misfortune.
In the eyes of ordinary people, what will be gained from such an unfortunate life? However, Helen created one miracle after another: not only was she admitted to Harvard University, but she also wrote 14 books in her lifetime.
She also ran around and set up a number of charities across the United States, doing things that ordinary able-bodied people might not be able to do. Only by cherishing the reality can we have the future. Here it is"Cherish"The value lies in the dialectic of life.
Many of us may be ashamed of Helen. Because although we have.
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