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"These things I know already, yet hearing them from colored mouths, it is as if I am hearing them for the first time."
-Skeeter's thoughts after hearing more maid's stories
More maids have decided to open up to Miss Skeeter. While listening to their stories, Miss Skeeter is looking at society through new eyes. They are telling her about rules and boundaries that have been set for them, and even though Miss Skeeter knows about all of them, she's never heard them from someone else's point of view. They are opening her eyes up to a side of the story she's never even thought of before. It's as if she's finally taken off her rose-colored glasses.
I think this quote shows why Miss Skeeter's book is so important, but also why the book The Help is important. Both are telling a story that's never been told before. They are significant because they are letting us see things trough new eyes. We all know about Martin Luther King Jr. and the fight for civil rights, but we only know it through the white people's prospective as written in history books and shown on news channels. I think this quote shows the importance of the book Skeeter and Stockett are writing and what we can learn from it. It's to show us the same story we know, but from other side we've never even considered to think about.
"Optimism New Eyes." Pursuing Meaningful Life. Web. 26 Jul 2011. <http://pursuingmeaningfullife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Optimism-New-Eyes-300x200.jpg>.
What's another perspective being addressed here that we haven't heard much from?
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