Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story of my Life, was written to share Keller's exceptional obstacles in life and how she was able to overcome them. Keller suffered a fever which left her both blind and deaf, and this double impairment was all the more difficult to manage. Most people who suffer from one impairment of the senses are able to rely on their other senses to get by. For example, if Keller had been only...
Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story of my Life, was written to share Keller's exceptional obstacles in life and how she was able to overcome them. Keller suffered a fever which left her both blind and deaf, and this double impairment was all the more difficult to manage. Most people who suffer from one impairment of the senses are able to rely on their other senses to get by. For example, if Keller had been only deaf, she might have relied on her sense of vision to "fill in the blanks." Her parents were able to find a teacher, Anne Sullivan, who had unique ways of teaching Keller how to read and communicate. Keller's book detailed her journey from almost total isolation caused by her impairments to learning to express herself with the help of her teacher. Keller's story revealed to many that disabilities can be overcome, and that even when someone is impaired in their communication, he or she is still a person with thoughts and feelings like anyone else.
Though Keller's book was written well before her life ended, the major "plot arc" of her life had been resolved.
If, by some chance, you are referring to a different book titled The Story of My Life, presumably this reasoning still holds true. People often refer to their "life story" as the important events which have some amount of continuity.
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