On the basis of the details provided in the given passage, the way Helen Keller feels regarding her education would be:
C). It gave her knowledge.
E). It gave her direction.
The passage compares Helen Keller to a ship "groping her way toward the shore" before she began her education. This imagery suggests that Helen Keller felt lost and uncertain about her future. The phrase "tense and anxious" further reinforces this idea.
So, the passage also suggests that Helen Keller was eager to learn and that she believed that education would give her direction. The phrase "without compass or sounding-line" implies that Helen Keller felt like she was adrift before she began her education. The phrase "I was like that ship" suggests that she believed that education would help her find her way.
Based on the passage, how does Helen Keller feel
about her education? Check all that apply.
Abel
Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed
as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great
ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore
with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with
beating heart for something to hrappen? I was like that
ship before my education began, only I was without
compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing
how near the harbour was.
- The Story of My Life,
Helen Keller
It made her feel lost.
It helped her understand ships.
It gave her knowledge.
It made her anxious.
It gave her direction.