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which detail from “a ride in the night” best supports the inference that john clark would prefer to be the one to deliver the horses, rather than will?

“‘what better password is there for a man with a son on the kentucky frontier? ’”

“‘listen carefully to me,’ said john clark. ‘you must carry out my directions to the letter.’”

“he looked hard at will. ‘yes, he’s too young,’ john clark agreed.”

“‘oh, if only i had not dropped that stone on my foot last week! ’”

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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.”

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