![]() ![]() Miss Sullivan took on the challenge and immediately enters into the movie trying to communicate with her. The family finally came to a decision of acquiring a teacher that could come and try and bring some humanity to Helen. The burden was of large proportions and it is seen throughout the movie. The director did a good job of portraying the frustration that would entail with having to deal with someone who needed so much attention and could not live without the constant support of the people that love her. They treated her with love and care but pitied the child because of her abnormalities. In some of the first scenes of the family gathered around and Helen, played by the actress Patty Duke, now around the age of seven, the audience gets a glimpse of what home life was like with a child that is deaf blind and basically mute. Helen’s mother, father and family play a crucial role in the film. ![]()
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