Who is skeeter

Writing the book leads her to realize what injustices white housewives like her friends have committed against the black women of Jackson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:.

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Related Symbols: Bathrooms. Chapter 28 Quotes. Chapter 33 Quotes. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Chapter 1. Both women are also twenty-three. Insulted, Miss Hilly threatens to She asks Aibileen if she ever wished she could Chapter 5. Skeeter remembers her brother, Carleton Jr.

One time, Skeeter came home crying after being called Skeeter and Constantine sent each other letters when Skeeter went to college. Weeks before her graduation, Chapter 6. Skeeter had previously applied to a few editorial jobs in NYC and today she receives a The next day, Skeeter goes to Jackson Journal, a local paper, and gets an entry-level job writing the weekly The next morning, Skeeter reads Aibileen a few of the housekeeping questions that people have sent to the newspaper Upset about the news that Constantine was fired, Skeeter returns home and asks Charlotte if she fired Constantine.

At first, her mother denies it, On a day when Elizabeth is out of the house, Skeeter returns to Aibileen for more advice. With Elizabeth out, Aibileen feels more comfortable speaking openly Aibileen says A few days later, Skeeter receives another letter from Elaine Stein.

Elaine writes that her ideas were dry and boring Chapter 7. Returning home from work, Aibileen sees Miss Skeeter waiting for her on her porch. Chapter 8. After a few questions, Skeeter At home, Charlotte helps Skeeter apply a hair care product that she bought to straighten her hair.

While Skeeter waits Chapter 9. She hopes that with the new Skeeter meets up with Hilly and her husband at their home. Stuart is already there, two Before they get into the car, she breaks into Chapter Skeeter has never sat Beginning to sweat heavily, Aibileen is A few days later, Skeeter gets a call from Aibileen.

Aibileen says that she wants to write down her experiences To make Aibileen more comfortable, Skeeter asks to She is best friends with Hilly later becomes rivals and Elizabeth. Her mother, Charlotte, and her father, Robert adore her very much. However, her mother doesn't appreciate her height 5 feet 11 inches and is constantly trying to make her look shorter. Skeeter decides to interview Aibileen as well as other maids to feel how it is like to work for white families. Skeeter gets to interview Aibileen at her house which is in a black community.

Later, Hilly becomes rivals to Skeeter when she finally finds out about the book. Elizabeth is possibly still friends with Skeeter. Hilly doesn't invite Skeeter for bridge club anymore. The more Skeeter hears from the maids, the more aware she becomes of the legal, political, and social forces that are allowing these abuses to persist. Skeeter's real growth will probably take place after the novel ends, when she moves to New York.

There she'll be exposed to a whole host of new ideas and perspectives that will help her understand the Jackson, Mississippi of her youth. The education she receives from her experience working on Help should be a good foundation.

Skeeter's mother, Charlotte, and most of Skeeter's friends think that women show their value by finding a man, getting married, and having babies — and doing it early.

Skeeter isn't adverse to this — she probably would have gotten married if somebody she liked had asked her. But, alas, her unusual looks don't seem to draw too many guys. Her mother is afraid Skeeter has "unnatural thoughts about… […] girls or women" 6. Though Skeeter does like men, she is most interested in making a career for herself as a writer. For a while, she thinks she might be able to have both with Stuart Whitworth, a senator's son.

Their relationship is passionate and romantic at moments, but we think Skeeter could do much better. Even her mother agrees. Ultimately, Stuart reneges his marriage proposal when Skeeter reveals that the book she's working on is not, like she's been saying, about the life of Jesus Christ, but about the lives of the black maids of Jackson.

The man just can't handle the truth. We hope Skeeter finds lots more love in New York City. Skeeter seems to have quite a few things in common with her author, including being born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. Stockett has this to say about writing Skeeter:. Skeeter was the hardest to write because she was constantly stepping across that line I was taught not to cross. Growing up, there was a hard and firm rule that you did not discuss issues of color.

You changed the subject if someone brought it up, and you changed the channel when it was on television. That said, I think I enjoyed writing Skeeter's memories of Constantine more than any other part of the book. Skeeter lives in the early s and is in her early twenties when she works on Help in collaboration with Aibileen, Minny, and the other black women who agree to share their stories.

Stockett grew up in the s and is looking back on the experience from her thirties. Unlike Skeeter it seems Stockett is writing during a time where it's much more acceptable to write about race-based injustice.

But even with these differences between the women, you can bet Stockett gets her share of difficulty for writing about such a subject, even now. For one, there are certainly citizens of Jackson who don't appreciate Stockett's portrayal of their town. There are also critics and readers who think Stockett crossed a line by writing black characters from the first-person point of view. Also like Skeeter, Stockett is inspired by the memory of the black woman who cared for her as a child.

Skeeter's Constantine dies when Skeeter's away at college, but Skeeter doesn't learn this fact until near the end of the book. Unraveling the mystery of what happened to Constantine is Skeeter's underlying motivation for interviewing Constantine's colleagues in the first place.