Question 3 of 49intermediate🔍 AnalyzeEssay2 marks

Do you think your visit/experience would be different if you could not see or hear? Share your answers with your classmates and the teacher.

Correct Answer

Yes, the visit would be significantly different without sight or hearing.

Without sight, one would miss visual details like colours, landscapes, and faces.

Without hearing, one would miss sounds like birdsong, conversations, and music.

However, other senses like touch, smell, and taste would become more heightened and important, allowing one to still appreciate the place through different means.

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Explanation

This question directly connects to the chapter's theme. Helen Keller, who was both blind and deaf, describes how she experiences the world through touch. She feels the 'delicate symmetry of a leaf' and the 'smooth skin of a silver birch' or 'rough, shaggy bark of a pine.' This prepares students to understand her perspective.

Solution Steps

  1. Without sight, visual details like colours, landscapes, and faces would be missed

  2. Without hearing, sounds like birdsong, conversations, and music would be missed

  3. Other senses like touch, smell, and taste would become heightened to compensate

  4. One can still appreciate experiences through different sensory means

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