Question

Which sentence best states the conflict revealed in this passage from Helen

Keller's The Story of My Life?
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 happen? 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. "Light! give me light!" was the wordless cry of
my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very
hour.
O A. Helen is angry that her mother and teacher aren't helping her to
communicate.
O B. Helen is sad that her teacher is leaving and will be unable to
communicate with her.
OC. Helen is scared that she will never be able to communicate with
her family again
O D. Helen is frustrated by the challenges associated with learning to
communicate.

Answer 1

The sentence that best states the conflict revealed in this passage is:

D. Helen is frustrated by the challenges associated with learning to communicate.

Step-by-step explanation:

Born in 1880, Helen Keller was both blind and deaf. In her autobiography "The Story of My Life," Keller reveals details of her childhood, focusing especially on her education.

In the passage we are analyzing here, Keller is absolutely frustrated. We learn through our senses, but she has been deprived of two of them - as a matter of fact, two very important ones. Don't we usually learn by either watching someone do something or by listening to them explain something to us? How can Helen learn, then? That is why she compares herself to the ship that is amid a dense white fog, with no compass, nothing to guide her. Anne Sullivan will turn out to be Helen's compass. Sullivan is hired to teach Helen. Patiently and slowly, she will show Helen the world in a very special way.