Prompt: You have read an excerpt from Great Expectations by the English author Charles Dickens and read a passage from A Thousand Splendid Suns by the Afghan American author Khaled Hosseini.
Think about the ways in which the main characters are influenced by the people around them. Write
an essay analyzing the social positions occupied by Pip and by Mariam and how the people around
them either help or hinder them. In your analysis, discuss the extent to which Pip and Mariam are
influenced by the values and expectations of those with whom they interact. Use specific details
from both passages to support your response.

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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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.”