The family dinner.
Miss Skeeter and Stuart's family finally meet.
This is an interesting interaction. Skeeter feels embarrassed by her family.
I know the feeling. When my family first started hanging out with my husbands, I would cringe at some of the off color comment my dad would say. I've always understood or accepted him but that didn't mean my in laws would feel the same.
My father in law loves my family and I am very lucky we all get along well. They have wine and talk for hours when we hang out.
The proper way of being around men or even just the adults in way too much. You practically learned to live a lie on a daily basis.
Although I appreciate the formalities I still prefer how things are now.
Monday, March 18, 2013
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (pg 212-260)
Miss Celia's clothes are tight. In most description she is wearing scandalous outfits.
She likes to drink, which I never thought would be out of the norm for house wife. It can get boring.
The having a miscarriage episode is sad. I still have not been pregnant but would be so disappointed to know I have this little person inside. I have some friends that have miscarried and I feel sad even thinking about it.
I think the secrets keep piling up and Miss Celia has been caught!
The politics of those days. How can a maid be incarcerated for her son's Acton's. The student loan for the state school is so much higher. Hilly is just too much!
The game Bridge... I have no idea how to play this?
She likes to drink, which I never thought would be out of the norm for house wife. It can get boring.
The having a miscarriage episode is sad. I still have not been pregnant but would be so disappointed to know I have this little person inside. I have some friends that have miscarried and I feel sad even thinking about it.
I think the secrets keep piling up and Miss Celia has been caught!
The politics of those days. How can a maid be incarcerated for her son's Acton's. The student loan for the state school is so much higher. Hilly is just too much!
The game Bridge... I have no idea how to play this?
The Help by Kathryn Stockett ( pg 183-211)
Miss Skeeter gets caught by the ring leader Hilly and now things should get more interesting.
I thought when she left her back at the ladies meeting that they would find out.
Miss Hilly is crazy and a bossy lady,
Many maid begin to talk and convince each other of speaking out.
This is going to be interesting with so many stories to tell.
The bus system. This was before Rosa Parks or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..
Segregation and racism at its worst.
The protests for civil rights begin and unfortunately people died.
I thought when she left her back at the ladies meeting that they would find out.
Miss Hilly is crazy and a bossy lady,
Many maid begin to talk and convince each other of speaking out.
This is going to be interesting with so many stories to tell.
The bus system. This was before Rosa Parks or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..
Segregation and racism at its worst.
The protests for civil rights begin and unfortunately people died.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (pg 142-181)
Ailbeens first interview.
Did Miss Skeeter drive her mother's cadillac and think people wouldn't notice her in a colored neighborhood? I only say this because things were so obvious in those days.
Now you would never think of this notion. A white girls driving to an older black women's house to talk. That's not a huge deal. However, still racism exists and people think it may be unusual that these two women interact?
Cinnamon cookies... the smell. I can smell the fresh made cookies and want to enjoy one with a cup of hot tea.
The history. Ailbeen's story is so interesting. Her mom was a maid, grandma was a house slave, and now Ailbeen si a maid like her mama. Times did change but not fast enough.
The nervousness. I feel the fear that Ailbeena and Miss Skeeter both feel as they talk.
The women in the south talk about the hippy movements like a disgrace of some sort. They were so conservative! Old fashioned.
The surgeon general finally came out during this time telling people smoking could kill you.
Ailbeen writes! She doesn't say her prayers but writes them, This will be so helpful and more heartfelt than I expected. This book I already have seen in film but so many detail I forget until I read the book.
Did Miss Skeeter drive her mother's cadillac and think people wouldn't notice her in a colored neighborhood? I only say this because things were so obvious in those days.
Now you would never think of this notion. A white girls driving to an older black women's house to talk. That's not a huge deal. However, still racism exists and people think it may be unusual that these two women interact?
Cinnamon cookies... the smell. I can smell the fresh made cookies and want to enjoy one with a cup of hot tea.
The history. Ailbeen's story is so interesting. Her mom was a maid, grandma was a house slave, and now Ailbeen si a maid like her mama. Times did change but not fast enough.
The nervousness. I feel the fear that Ailbeena and Miss Skeeter both feel as they talk.
The women in the south talk about the hippy movements like a disgrace of some sort. They were so conservative! Old fashioned.
The surgeon general finally came out during this time telling people smoking could kill you.
Ailbeen writes! She doesn't say her prayers but writes them, This will be so helpful and more heartfelt than I expected. This book I already have seen in film but so many detail I forget until I read the book.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (pg 123-141)
Minny- I can't imagine working for someone and having to keep it a secret. I've kept secrets at work before and it is not as comfortable as you would want work to be. I had to keep a secret that I didn't know my boss growing up or at all. He was my older brother's best friend. He recruited and hired me and always looked after my interest. So I played the game and it worked. We scratched each other's back and he was the best boss ever!
Now with Minny and Celia, this is a bit different. Celia is claiming to be the amazing house wife that cooks and cleans. This is not what I did. I actually performed and earned my keep. My boss just made things easier and helped me out.
Minny is so mean when she talks about Miss Celia. I cringe a bit sometimes because Miss Celia means well and is the new girl in town. She seems misunderstood.
Chocolate pie- the introduction to the famous pie. I like how she relates to the pie and just says, "Never again after Miss Hilly".
Women like Minny are hard to deal with but they are honest.
"it's Tuesday, change-the-damn-sheets-day"
The description of how personal and plain disgusting it is to change other people's sheets.
-full of hair and scabs
-snot
-signs of jelly rolling
-blood stains- scrubbing those out with your bare hands... yeah gross!! My blood I can do but someone Else's.. .No way!
The comedy in this book reminds me the book I just finished reading, "A Fools Journey". I just crack up while in silence and look around wishing anyone could read what I just read.
Mr Johnny comes home and catches Minny in the house! She is not scared and even tells him to "better get away". He laughs and tells her he's known Miss Celia was up to something since the day they were home and Minny didn't come over. Miss Celia tried to cook and then he knew something was up.
I love how he lets the secret continue and even asks Minny to make him food. She has nothing to worry about losing her job after all.
Now with Minny and Celia, this is a bit different. Celia is claiming to be the amazing house wife that cooks and cleans. This is not what I did. I actually performed and earned my keep. My boss just made things easier and helped me out.
Minny is so mean when she talks about Miss Celia. I cringe a bit sometimes because Miss Celia means well and is the new girl in town. She seems misunderstood.
Chocolate pie- the introduction to the famous pie. I like how she relates to the pie and just says, "Never again after Miss Hilly".
Women like Minny are hard to deal with but they are honest.
"it's Tuesday, change-the-damn-sheets-day"
The description of how personal and plain disgusting it is to change other people's sheets.
-full of hair and scabs
-snot
-signs of jelly rolling
-blood stains- scrubbing those out with your bare hands... yeah gross!! My blood I can do but someone Else's.. .No way!
The comedy in this book reminds me the book I just finished reading, "A Fools Journey". I just crack up while in silence and look around wishing anyone could read what I just read.
Mr Johnny comes home and catches Minny in the house! She is not scared and even tells him to "better get away". He laughs and tells her he's known Miss Celia was up to something since the day they were home and Minny didn't come over. Miss Celia tried to cook and then he knew something was up.
I love how he lets the secret continue and even asks Minny to make him food. She has nothing to worry about losing her job after all.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (pg 90-122)
Aibleen- I like how the book is written with chapters written in their unique voices
She's raised a lot of white babies as he calls them or Baby Girl for Mae Mobley.
She gives Mae Mobley so much sweet attention and is such an eye opener to how the 'colored' help raised so many children. One point I find to be so interesting is that one the children grow up to repeat the cycle.
The bathroom initiative is just so sad. I can't even imagine life as a colored man or women 50 years ago. Why did they have to suffer this way?
Losing a child is a very difficult challenge for any mother to face. I feel so sad for Aibleen when she is can't even take a day off to deal with the anniversary of her son Treelore. I'm glad she told her boss she was sick and left.
Skeeter- She is so naive in some ways. She seems to be sincere but not realizing how segregated Jacksonville is. I find it interesting to know she would write a column about cleaning tips when she never has done this for herself! I don't blame her for asking Aibleen for help.
When she decides to write about the life of the maids and ask Aibleen for help with this, I think she's crazy. In those times, I would not dare cross town into a segregated neighborhood to take such risk.
The times of MLK must have been so intense and many people risked their lives daily. This is an example of this. So intense and still just can't believe this was the way of life.
The date with Stuart is pretty funny.
She was so out of place, he told her she smelled like fertilizer! She called him a drunk... not a good first date.
Hilly is a piece of work. I just can't stand people like her and they still exist!! Materialistic and just bitchy.
She's raised a lot of white babies as he calls them or Baby Girl for Mae Mobley.
She gives Mae Mobley so much sweet attention and is such an eye opener to how the 'colored' help raised so many children. One point I find to be so interesting is that one the children grow up to repeat the cycle.
The bathroom initiative is just so sad. I can't even imagine life as a colored man or women 50 years ago. Why did they have to suffer this way?
Losing a child is a very difficult challenge for any mother to face. I feel so sad for Aibleen when she is can't even take a day off to deal with the anniversary of her son Treelore. I'm glad she told her boss she was sick and left.
Skeeter- She is so naive in some ways. She seems to be sincere but not realizing how segregated Jacksonville is. I find it interesting to know she would write a column about cleaning tips when she never has done this for herself! I don't blame her for asking Aibleen for help.
When she decides to write about the life of the maids and ask Aibleen for help with this, I think she's crazy. In those times, I would not dare cross town into a segregated neighborhood to take such risk.
The times of MLK must have been so intense and many people risked their lives daily. This is an example of this. So intense and still just can't believe this was the way of life.
The date with Stuart is pretty funny.
She was so out of place, he told her she smelled like fertilizer! She called him a drunk... not a good first date.
Hilly is a piece of work. I just can't stand people like her and they still exist!! Materialistic and just bitchy.
The Help By Kathyrn Stockett (pg 47-89)
I can relate with Minny when she mention she doesn't mind work because she doesn't have to deal with all the responsibilities at home. I feel that way about school sometimes. I don't mind just secluding myself in our office and doing homework instead of cleaning and cooking. It give me a break. However, some days I still do both plus work a full 8 hour day. I don't know what it would be like to have 5 children, be a maid like Minny who spends all day cooking and cleaning other people's houses. I wonder how those women's hands get after using all those chemical in those days?
I just took 2 hours of my study time to go cook dinner clean the kitchen, make lunches, cut and wash veggies for our juice for breakfast and that was just for myself and husband.
Miss Celia being the new girl on town and the clicks between the women seem so high school! I feel bad for her. I like how Minny gets irritable so easy. I feel bad for people that are so high stress like that. I tend to not care enough sometimes my husband tell me. I just don't like to stress although I do get stressed with school. Not little things.
Miss Skeeter- she describes her hair like pubic...wow. The visual Kathryn gives are great. Her mom is so interesting. I can relate to mom telling me how she already had 3 children at my age. Times were changing then and now women wait longer to start having children.
Her mom's name reminds me of my European husbands mom. She has like 4 names. Graca Maria Fonseca Santos. I still have not changed my name to my husbands. It would be Gabriela Sylvia Montaner Da Fonseca...
Wow when Skeeter talks about job opportunities and the difference is just astonishing. I can't imagine being held back. I am the bread winner of my family. I've always made more money than my husband and have higher education goals. Doesn't say less about my husband but just to show how the times have changed. I don't mind it because I enjoy being a strong partner for my husband.
I just took 2 hours of my study time to go cook dinner clean the kitchen, make lunches, cut and wash veggies for our juice for breakfast and that was just for myself and husband.
Miss Celia being the new girl on town and the clicks between the women seem so high school! I feel bad for her. I like how Minny gets irritable so easy. I feel bad for people that are so high stress like that. I tend to not care enough sometimes my husband tell me. I just don't like to stress although I do get stressed with school. Not little things.
Miss Skeeter- she describes her hair like pubic...wow. The visual Kathryn gives are great. Her mom is so interesting. I can relate to mom telling me how she already had 3 children at my age. Times were changing then and now women wait longer to start having children.
Her mom's name reminds me of my European husbands mom. She has like 4 names. Graca Maria Fonseca Santos. I still have not changed my name to my husbands. It would be Gabriela Sylvia Montaner Da Fonseca...
Wow when Skeeter talks about job opportunities and the difference is just astonishing. I can't imagine being held back. I am the bread winner of my family. I've always made more money than my husband and have higher education goals. Doesn't say less about my husband but just to show how the times have changed. I don't mind it because I enjoy being a strong partner for my husband.
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