She lived only a little more than a year of life before the illness came that made her blind and deaf, and it was so terrible that the doctors believed she would die. She remembers the plants, vines, and flowers that surrounded her very clearly, and their smell remained with her even after she lost her hearing and sight. She lived on the Keller homestead, specifically in a tiny cottage built on the property at the very beginning of her life. Helen Keller was born on Jin a small town called Tuscumbia, Alabama. She informs readers that she will recount only the episodes of her childhood that are quite clear and strong in her memory. Writing this autobiography at the age of 21, Helen begins by acknowledging her hesitation with doing so, concerned that she has forgotten much of the poignancy of certain moments in her childhood, and afraid that her experiences in the present would distort her memories of the past.
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