Read the excerpt from black boy.

then my father was called; he came forward jauntily, smiling. he tried to kiss my mother, but she turned away from him. i only heard one sentence of what he said.

“i’m doing all i can, your honor,” he mumbled, grinning.

it had been painful to sit and watch my mother crying and my father laughing and i was glad when we were outside in the sunny streets. back at home my mother wept again and talked complainingly about the unfairness of the judge who had accepted my father’s word.

what societal norm of the early twentieth century does this excerpt reflect?

women cherished their domestic roles within the home.
men were considered more able and trustworthy than women.
judges spent a great deal of time reviewing court cases.
courts were impartial mediators in marital disputes.

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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.”

12-14pt font, times new roman double spaced and on the top left of ur paper write the name date teachers name and assingment