This photograph shows the Statue of Liberty. Which detail from "Lady Liberty." does this image support? O "It was designed so any stress was shifted to the steel supports inside - although the sea air did turn the copper surface to a soft green tarnish."

O "It was shipped as 350 pieces in 214 crates - 31 tons of copper and 125 tons of steel."

O "Inside, kerosene lamps were the only light. The air was stale, and it seemed like a place where accidents could happen.".

O "When we got there the harbor was busy, and the island seemed a mess. The US Lighthouse Board was having some trouble with repairs."

since he could see color, and nobody else could, he didn't find it fair that everyone else in the utopia couldn't see color but him and the giver : d

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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