They talk more easily now, and Aibileen is surprised by her kindness and interest in maids' lives. Louvenia's grandson, Robert, is beaten and blinded for using a white bathroom in town. Aibileen's church community is devastated by the brutality and violence which creates fear and tension in the town.
Skeeter goes to Aibileen's house at the end of a long work day and asks her to help with the book, but Aibileen refuses: "I do this with you, I might as well burn my own house down. The differences in the white and black communities are explored deeper in these chapters. While Aibileen is suffering through the anniversary of her son's death, she has to pretend sickness to be allowed an afternoon off to grieve.
Lee Hotel for dinner. Stuart is already drunk, and orders another drink at the table. He basically insults Skeeter every time he speaks to her.
Needless to say, it's a disaster. William and Hilly try to get Skeeter to drive Stuart home, but she's too upset to spend another minute with the guy. He realizes he's being a jerk and tries to explain to Skeeter that he wasn't ready for a date, but she doesn't want to hear any more from him. Deeply angered by Hilly's bullying, Aibileen decides to throw in her lot with Skeeter. Skeeter's interaction with Stuart develops the themes of love and relationships.
Aibileen is a wise and weathered black maid who has raised seven white children. Aibileen realizes she has more to offer in life than being a maid and finds the courage to try something new. Throughout the novel Aibileen's character triumphs in the face of adversity, but the growth is a slow, painful process.
She tells Skeeter that he was inspired to write about what it was like working for white bosses after reading a book called The Invisible Man. Skeeter tells her that it was a brave idea for her son to write a book like that. In their first interaction, Hilly treated Aibileen as if she were invisible. In The Help, Treelore Clark is Aibileen's only son , and he dies at the age of twenty-four due to an accident while working at a lumber mill. Treelore died at his home after being released from the hospital.
What life lesson does Skeeter take away from her conversation with Lou Anne? Lulabelle Bates. Lulabelle is Constantine's daughter and she's about Skeeter's age. But, white-looking black children were not acceptable in s Mississippi when Lulabelle was born , so Constantine gave her up for adoption, in part so she could work for the Phelans' and care for Skeeter , another woman's child.
Skeeter gets her nickname from her older brother, Carlton. Like Aibileen does with Mae Mobley, Constantine taught Skeeter to love herself and not to buy into racial prejudices. In the Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help, Skeeter Eugenia Phelan challenges her society by writing and publishing a book describing experiences that several black women have had working as maids and nannies "the help" for white families. Chapter 6 1.
What does Skeeter receive from NY that gets her excited? A: Elaine Stein advices her to go to the local newspaper and get an entry-level job. Skeeter sends Aibileen's chapter to Elaine Stein in New York, who calls Skeeter to say that the material is good but there needs to be at least 12 maids' stories to make a book and it needs to be done in six months.
Aibileen has asked 31 other maids but they are all too scared to help with the project. Finally, Minny agrees to be interviewed but she sets down the rules for Skeeter.
Hilly presses Skeeter to include her Home Help Sanitation Initiative, the disease prevention measure of installing separate bathrooms for the help, into the League newsletter. At the League meeting, Skeeter accidentally leaves behind her bag, which contains notes for the maids' stories and a copy of Jim Crow regulations that she found at the library.
When Skeeter retrieves the bag from Hilly's house the Jim Crow regulations are missing. Stuart shows up on Skeeter's front porch to apologize. He says he is not a jerk and should not have become drunk or treated her the way he did on their date. Then he asks her out again. Skeeter refuses at first but then agrees. They go out to dinner and Stuart asks what she wants from life.
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