I have to live with her somewhere else. For how long? Until she learns to listen to and...
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Annie Sullivan: I have to live with her somewhere else.
Kate Keller: For how long?
Annie Sullivan: Until she learns to listen to and depend on me.
Captain Arthur Keller: Miss Sullivan...
Annie Sullivan: Captain Keller, it meets both of your conditions. It's the one way I can get back in touch with Helen, and I don't see how I can be rude to you again if you're not around to interfere with me.
Captain Arthur Keller: And what's your plan if I say no? Pack the other half for home and abandon your charge to... to...
Annie Sullivan: The asylum? I grew up in such an asylum, the State Alms House. Rats? Why, my brother Jimmy and I used to play with the rats because we didn't have any toys. Maybe you'd like to know what Helen will find there, not on visiting days. One ward was full of the old women. Crippled, blind, most of them dying, but even if what they had was catching, there was nowhere else to move them. That's where they put us. Then there were younger ones across the hall, prostitutes mostly, with TB and epileptic fits. And some of the kind that keep after other girls, especially the young ones. And some were just insane. Some had the DTs. Then there were girls in another ward to have babies they didn't want. They started at thirteen, fourteen. They left afterwards, but the babies stayed. We played with them, too. There were a lot of them, with sores all over from diseases you're not supposed to talk about
Kate Keller: For how long?
Annie Sullivan: Until she learns to listen to and depend on me.
Captain Arthur Keller: Miss Sullivan...
Annie Sullivan: Captain Keller, it meets both of your conditions. It's the one way I can get back in touch with Helen, and I don't see how I can be rude to you again if you're not around to interfere with me.
Captain Arthur Keller: And what's your plan if I say no? Pack the other half for home and abandon your charge to... to...
Annie Sullivan: The asylum? I grew up in such an asylum, the State Alms House. Rats? Why, my brother Jimmy and I used to play with the rats because we didn't have any toys. Maybe you'd like to know what Helen will find there, not on visiting days. One ward was full of the old women. Crippled, blind, most of them dying, but even if what they had was catching, there was nowhere else to move them. That's where they put us. Then there were younger ones across the hall, prostitutes mostly, with TB and epileptic fits. And some of the kind that keep after other girls, especially the young ones. And some were just insane. Some had the DTs. Then there were girls in another ward to have babies they didn't want. They started at thirteen, fourteen. They left afterwards, but the babies stayed. We played with them, too. There were a lot of them, with sores all over from diseases you're not supposed to talk about
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Give up
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You said it was hopeless Here
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Give up Why I only today saw what was to be done to begin
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I want complete charge of her You already have that
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No I mean day and night
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She has to be dependent on me For what
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Everything
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The food she eats the clothes she wears fresh air
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Yes the air she breathes
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Whatever her body needs is a primer to teach her out of
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It's the only way
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The one who lets her have it should be her teacher not anyone who loves her
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But if she runs from you to us Yes
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That's the point
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I'll have to live with her somewhere else
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For how long
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Until she learns to listen to and depend on me
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I packed half my things already Miss Sullivan
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It meets your conditions
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It's the one way I can get back in touch with Helen
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I don't see how I can be rude to you if you're not around to interfere
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And what is your intention if I say no
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Pack the other half for home and abandon your charge to
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The asylum
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I grew up in such an asylum The State Almshouse
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My brother Jimmy and I used to play with the rats because we didn't have toys
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Maybe you'd like to know what Helen will find there not on visiting days
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One ward was full of the old women crippled blind most of them dying
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but even if what they had was catching there was nowhere to move them
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That's where they put us
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There were other ones across the hall prostitutes mostly
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with TB and epileptic fits
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and a couple of the kind who keep after other girls
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especially young ones
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And some insane Some just had the DTs
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The youngest were in another ward to have babies they didn't want
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They started at 13 14
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They'd leave afterwards but the babies stayed and we played with them too
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A lot of them had sores all over from diseases you weren't to mention
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Movie Summary
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
