There are people all over the world now who are scared and think there is no hope for them, but many people continue to move forward, pushing , struggling through the difficult times. They can do it because they have hope. Hope, an essential element for survival, manifests itself in the story when Helen Keller, who was blind and deaf, was taught to communicate by a single person. In Elie Wiesel's book, The Night, when Elie and his father rely on each other's hope to survive, and in my family when my brother was diagnosed with autism. Helen Keller's story and her turning point came only because of Anne Sullivan's experience. faith in Helen's ability to learn. Anne Sullivan was hired by the Kellers to help Helen behave. When Anne met Helen she realized that Helen could do much more in life than simply behave, so she began teaching her finger spells. “Anne took Helen to the water pump and put water on her hand and wrote WATER on her finger. At that moment Helen understood. Everything had a name. Each word belonged to one of the objects Helen had known all her life. (Garrett 38). In that moment Helen understood and the world suddenly changed for her. Anne had hope for Helen when no one else did. Helen's family was skeptical, but Anne showed them that she had hope in Helen and believed she could learn, and in the end all it took was a little dedication and hope to change Helen's life. Before Anne could begin teaching Helen, she had to form a friendship and trust with her; on the day Anne met her, Helen was upset and didn't want him to touch her hands or try to make her do anything, such as wait to be given something instead of taking. Helen was angry and locked Anne in her bedroom, then hid the key in her mouth; this happened when An...... half of the paper ......ders, September 6, 2009. Web. November 17, 2013..Erickson, Samantha. Personal history. November 11, 2013.Garrett, Leslie. “Helen Keller.” New York, NY: Darling and Kindersley, 2004. “Leading The Vision Loss Community” print. Who we are. AFB, 2013. Web. 16 November 2013..“The Miracle Worker”. Director Arthur Penn. Pref. Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. United Artists, 1962. DVD. Miracle worker. YouTube user, February 2013. Web. November 17, 2013. "Robert Fulghum Quotes." Quotes by Robert Fulghum (author of "Everything I Really Need to Know ILearned in Kindergarten"). Goodreads and Web. November 12, 2013..Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. Print.