The Imprisoned Guest by Elisabeth Gitter

The Imprisoned Guest by Elisabeth Gitter

Gitter , E (2001 . The Imprisoned Guest : Samuel Howe and Laura Bridgman the Original Deaf-

Blind . Farrar Straus Giroux

The indomitable spirit of human beings aids them in overcoming any kind of obstacles they encounter in their lives . It is this unconquerable spirit of human beings that is depicted in the book The Imprisoned Guest : Samuel Howe and Laura Bridgman , the Original Deaf-Blind ' by Elisabeth Gitter . Gitter narrates the story of Laura Bridgman who was the first blind and deaf American girl to acquire the knowledge

of English . Samuel Howe took up the challenging task of teaching Laura Bridgman , a girl with multiple disabilities , during the nineteenth century , an era marked by the emergence of scientific fervor in the human societies . The book focuses on the relationship shared by Laura and her educator , Howe along with the depiction of the life of Laura from the moment she arrived in the world till her death

The book opens with an account of Laura 's birth and a detailed biography of her parents and Samuel Howe . As Laura turned deaf and blind at the age of two , her parents failed to have any significant influence on her , owing to their inability to communicate with her . Gitter (2001 mentions that , After her second year , she could not see or hear Daniel and Harmony Bridgman , they had neither the time nor the skills to communicate with her and once she had moved from the family farm in Hanover , New...