This Saturday we will be discussing ‘The Help’, our thanks to Merrin and Shari for our questions.
Questions we have received so far include;
Questions we have received so far include;
- Who was your favourite character?
- How much of a person's character would you say is shaped by the times in which they live ... Hilly / Celia / Minny / Aibileen etc?
- And by the environment that they live in - do you think Mae Mobley would have grown up to be racist like her mother if Aibileen had stayed working for Miss Elizabeth.
- Which leads into racism… Abileen expected that once Mae Mobley started school she would lose her respect and perhaps even her love. Is racism inherent or taught?
- Any comments on Skeeter's hairshellac system? We all alter our looks in the definition of beauty ... any biazzre regimen you ever underwent?
- What did you think of the relationship between Skeeter and Stuart? Were you wanting them to remain together? Could it have worked?
- What did you think about Minny's pie for Miss Hilly? Would you have gone as far as Minny did for revenge? And what about Hilly's mum bidding for the pie for Hilly at the dance function !! She has some humour - unlike her daughter.
- A difference between Abileen and Minny seemed to be that Abileen could take all the abuse/put downs as part of life where as Minny couldn't. She knew she was just as good as any of the women she worked for. Can you imagine having to put up with what they put up with? but then, perhaps we come across people like that in our own workplace e.g. managers.
- Do you think it was true to what life was like in Mississippi in the early 1960's?
- What did you think of the ending? As Abileen, walks out of the door she says she feels free… but does free put the dinner on the table?
- How do you rate the book from 1 to 5?
Looking forward to hearing to all your opinions on Saturday morning....
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