https://padlet.com/8920/vbf2c5x6sdk8 View From the Empire State Building en-us 2019-01-09 01:37:51 UTC 2025-11-25 02:14:32 UTC hello@padlet.com 8920 https://padlet.com/8920/vbf2c5x6sdk8/wish/318620669 In the letter that Helen Keller writes to Dr. Kinley, she answers his question “What did you think ‘of the sight’ when you were on the top of the Empire Building?” She responds by expressing her gratitude for her ability to ‘see’ even though she is blind. She explains how her vision is much more clear and vivid than most people who can see. She describes how she saw the Empire State Building versus someone who is sighted, along with the symbols that the building represents to her. At the end of her letter, she talks about how her thoughts bring her happiness because she knows that even though she can’t really see, she can see through her vivid imagination, and that brings her joy.]]> 2019-01-09 01:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/8920/vbf2c5x6sdk8/wish/318620669 8920 https://padlet.com/8920/vbf2c5x6sdk8/wish/318620903 One of the most significant quotes from the letter “View From the Empire State Building”, by Helen Keller is, “As I now recall the view I had from the Empire Tower, I am convinced that, until we have looked into darkness, we cannot know what a divine thing vision is” (paragraph 4). This quote is not only significant, but it also provides two major messages. One way this quote could be interpreted is that people who can see are extremely fortunate and don’t realize how divine vision is until they are blind. Another way one could interpret this is that having to look into darkness allows a person to experience the power of their imagination. It allows them to create a unique and beautiful vision in their minds in which others cannot see.]]> 2019-01-09 01:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/8920/vbf2c5x6sdk8/wish/318620903 8920 https://padlet.com/8920/vbf2c5x6sdk8/wish/318621176 View from the Empire State Building is a letter written by Helen Keller in which she expresses what she felt and what she saw from the top of the Empire State Building. She was extremely descriptive when she explained what she saw despite her inability to physically see her surroundings. Sometimes in her letter, she uses hyperbole to exaggerate what she saw. For example, in one part of her letter, she talks about how people who are blind can see much more through their imagination: “For imagination creates distance and horizons that reach to the end of the world” (paragraph 6). When Keller said this, she was expressing the idea that her imagination has no limit, and that she can see so much farther than any sighted person can. She did not physically see the end of the world, but she got her point across through this statement. Her use of hyperbole also helps her to express how strongly she feels about her opinions in her letter, and to show how being blind is not a disadvantage when it comes to seeing

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