Value Points :

• Miss Sullivan gave Helen a new doll.
• She spelled the word ‘doll’ into her hand – thus giving the object a name
• In order to make her realise that the word ‘doll’ applied to both dolls, she gave her the big rag doll.
• Impatient at the persistent attempts, Helen dashed the doll to the floor.
• She felt neither sorrow nor regret.
• Miss Sullivan swept away the fragments. 
• Went outdoors – returned - remembered the doll she had broken
• Tried to put it back together – repentance and sorrow

Detailed Answer : Miss Sullivan filled Helen’s life with confidence and joy. She kept on teaching her something or the other. Her next chapter was nature. She took her to the fields, and to the banks of the Tennessee River to learn about nature. Helen started enjoying the world she live in. Miss Sullivan made her feel the beauty in the woods, blades of grass, birds, flowers, in fact almost everything. But one stormy day gave Helen a feeling that nature can be cruel also. She was sitting on the branch of a tree and Miss Sullivan went home to bring lunch. Helen was left alone there. Suddenly, Helen felt the heat of the sun lessening and a terrible shaking of the trees. she grew frightened and longed for her teacher’s arrival. The feeling of terror kept on increasing and she made up her mind to jump down. Suddenly her teacher seized her hand and helped her down. The experience shook Helen terribly. it took her a long time to gather enough courage to climb another tree. But finally she climbed the mimosa tree which had large branches and rough barks. The feeling of having done something wonderful and unusual filled Helen’s mind. she felt like a fairy on a rosy cloud and spent many happy hours in the tree.