July 27, 2011
Pages 392 - 434
Chapters 26 - 27
Two weeks after JFK's assassination which was November 22, 1963, it is the days after the disastrous charity ball, and Miss Celia is so upset about being rejected from the League ladies. Minny finally tells her about the "Terrible Awful" thing she did to Miss Hilly. She told her to "eat [her] shit" then went home to make her a chocolate pie, seemingly as a peace offering. After Miss Hilly ate two slices of it, Minny told her what was really in it. After hearing this Miss Celia finally snaps out of whatever trance she was in. The next day she cut down that mimosa tree in her backyard. Now I really see the tree a a symbol for Celia acceptance in society. It stayed dead, because she would never be accepted, so she finally cut it down, symbolically showing she doesn't care about societal acceptance anymore.
Next we saw Miss Skeeter rushing to finish the last few chapters of her book. Aibileen found an appropriate title, Help, and they even added Minny's "Terrible Awful" thing for insurance, for Miss Hilly would never want that story to get out about her. Skeeter also learned the truth about Constantine. How her white looking daughter embarrassed her mother, so Skeeter's mother kicked them both out after telling Constantine's daughter her mother was embarrassed to have her. Constantine died 3 weeks after her move to Chicago. It appears the reason Constantine and Skeeter had such a strong relationship is because Skeeter longed for a mother who loved and accepted her, without ridicule, and Constantine wanted a daughter to replace the one she had to give up. They just filled a hole that the other had in their life.
Miss Skeeter also quit smoking. She had quit about 2 months ago, around the time of her exile from society. This fits symbolically that smoking does somehow represent the acceptance and fitting in to society. Skeeter no longer fit in, not because she no longer smokes, but the two do coincide. Her quitting smoking just represents when she quit trying to fit in, and finally did what she wanted to do.
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