ENGLISH 180A- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 71 pages long!)

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Keller upbeat, resilient, undaunted by obstacles, appreciative, cheerful, always. Keller at age 12, looking back at her life (1) using different diction to represent narrated self or narrator (2) distance from narrated self (through imperfect memory: narrated self, ex. Keller at age 6: language that explicitly shows how she felt in the moment of the past experience. Cry of the gull: think about her persona what personality shows through, look for instances of distance between narrator and narrated self. The cry of the gull, part i: review of terms, persona, ex. How does deafness intersect with events of her life. Be conscious of any recurring pattern of conflict and resolution. She sees self as a liaison between worlds (deaf and hearing: personal history. Denial of her identity especially homophobia. Helen keller"s the world i live in, part ii: images of keller in text (pp. Self-made man women takes on appearance of a man in different social situations.