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Kunsusuki Posted 8 years ago
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I don't get the Intended Image!

I liked this, too; but the division of the earth into zones and poles confused and teased my mind. The illustrative strings and the orange stick representing the poles seemed so real that even to this day the mere mention of temperate zone suggests a series of twine circles; and I believe that if any one should set about it he could convince me that white bears actually climb the North Pole.-- The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

I don't get the reason behind Helen Keller's confusion when it came to the division of the earth into poles and zones. What does she intend to say, and what image she intends to picture through the following:

I believe that if any one should set about it he could convince me that white bears actually climb the North Pole.

This passage confused and teased my mind for long now, so would you please end this state? Thank you in advance for your response.

  

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Helen Keller was deaf and blind. The primary way she learned was by touch. So to learn about the earth, her teacher took a ball, and put sticks at the North and South poles, and used strings to denote the different zones.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Helen Keller was deaf and blind.
  • The primary way she learned was by touch.
  • So to learn about the earth, her teacher took a ball, and put sticks at the North and South poles, and used strings to denote the different zones.
  • Probably she then explained terms like latitude and longitude, such as the Prime Meridian, the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer, and the climatic zones (temperate, polar, equatorial).
  • She could also learn about time zones.
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Helen Keller was deaf and blind. The primary way she learned was by touch.

So to learn about the earth, her teacher took a ball, and put sticks at the North and South poles, and used strings to denote the different zones. Probably she then explained terms like latitude and longitude, such as the Prime Meridian, the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer, and the climatic zones (tempera

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kunsusuki I don't get the Intended Image!

It has to do with the fact that the word 'pole' has two different meanings.

1) pole: Either of the two locations (North Pole or South Pole) on the surface of the earth (or of a celestial object) which are the northern and southern ends of the axis of rotation.

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