"him up! ": a witness's account of panic on a subway platform part a: which statement best expresses the central idea of this article? a. when a normal commute home is interrupted, it can cause lifelong fear and anxiety for new york city residents. b. some people will selflessly take extraordinary action to save people who are in danger because they feel responsible. c. after performing a heroic action, rescuers such as capuzzo and lindsey often become arrogant. d. new yorkers rarely each other or show concern when tragedy strikes.

obama was told in early july 2004 that he was chosen to deliver the address, and he largely wrote the speech himself, with later edits from the kerry presidential campaign.

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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.”