July 27, 2011
Pages 435 - 471
Chapters 28 - 29
Firstly, Miss Skeeter's book has been published. It hadn't had any publicity, until a talk show reviewed it, which will undoubtably lead to the women who was talked about in it reading it. Stuart proposed to Miss Skeeter, but after she told him about the book, he retracted him proposal. And finally, Miss Skeeter's mother is dying of cancer. Skeeter is now finally opening to a relationship with her mother.
A common motif in the novel has been the look into mother/ child relationships. There is the way Miss Hilly is gentle with her children. Mrs. Leefolt's harshness with Mae Mobley, as well as Aibileen's caring words toward her. Miss Skeeter's relationships with both Constance and her mother. It really highlights the way the maids gain motherly relationship with the children they raise, and how tough it is for the actual mothers to gain relationships later in life.
Aibileen's church had reached out and told her they support her through the controversy that will surely come out with the book. They also told her that they love and support Miss Skeeter too. I think this shows the new shift is balance in the community. While in the beginning, the blacks looked out only for their own, by reaching out to Skeeter now, show the affect the integration efforts have on the community. Now, by Skeeter publishing something that shows the world the truth about their community, the African Americans are trusting her, and accepting her. Ironic that she is no longer accepted by her own people, but by people that she's been taught are too different from her to have anything in common.
On the cover of Help is a white peace dove. Obviously the dove represents peace. Aibileen notes how nicely it looks on the cover. I find it, of course, symbolic for the desire for future peace between the races. Also along with the Bob Dylan song, a symbol of hope for changing times.
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