Annie was confident and she motivated Helen Keller. She taught her hand symbols for various objects. But Helen felt it as a repetition game and did not respond well.
Helen misbehaved with Annie as she could not express her emotions. When other family members treated Helen like an infant, Annie treated her like an ordinary child with disabilities.
Once she pumped water on her hands to show Helen how it would look like. This brought an amazing change in the life of Helen Keller.