Describe how Braille adapts to the loss of his eyesight. How do these early adaptions typify his qualities of determination and resourcefulness? How does Freedman characterize him as an underdog and hero?

How did Braille’s exclusion as a young boy foreshadow his later invention of braille? How did his exclusion motivate him?

Describe the reaction of Braille’s schoolmaster Antoine Becheret to young Braille’s intelligence? How do his comments, although complimentary, reveal stigma about blindness in 19th-century France?