Chapter 9-10 Minny

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

1. Skeeter on a date with Stuart

• Skeeter: excited about the date. 
• Hair fixed, she has a job => feeling confident. 
• late because her brother has come home for a visit and brought his girlfriend, her mom makes her stay 

2. unlikely match

• Stuart: wealthy, experienced, good looking +comes from an influential family. 
• Skeeter: not attractive by conventional standards +no dating experience. 

3. What goes wrong on the date?

• Skeeter: drives a truck that smells of fertilizer to the date + late
  

+ no makeup on. However, has bought a low-cut dress for the date! (to impress him)

• Stuart has begun drinking while waiting for Skeeter to arrive + continues drinking at the restaurant. 

=> rude + lack of respect 

4. What news does Skeeter receive?

• Aibileen tells Skeeter that she will participate in the book project. 

5. What changes Aibileen's mind?

•  “Miss Hilly.” -> responsible for the construction of the separate restroom in the Leefolt house and for Minny’s firing.
•   Symbolically: Minny represents the prejudice and bigotry that affects Jackson. 

6. Skeeter realizes something significant.

• She realizes she will be hearing (negative)stories about her friends. (Hilly in particular)

Chapter 10: Minny

1. Aibileen's complaints

• Maids are too scared to ask for minimum wage.

• They do not receive Social Security pay.

• White employers use vulgar language in reference to the help.

• The children, raised and loved by maids and loving them in return, grow up having the same racial prejudices as their parents have

2. piece of information about Celia?

•  Celia: married to Hilly’s ex-boyfriend. 
• ! Johnny left Hilly to marry Celia. 
• Celia doesn't know.
• => outcast, poor background, unwelcome

3. agreement

• When Christmas comes, Celia has agreed to tell Johnny that she has hired Minny. 

4. Celia confuses and bothers Minny

• Celia has some sort of physical or emotional problem: is lying down a lot. 
• Minny is bothered by the irrationality and lack of explanation for Celia’s behaviour.

5. Minny meets Johnny.

• Minny is alone + Johnny comes home.
•  Johnny: walks in with an axe in his hand. 
• BUT he has known for a while that someone has been working for Celia and doing the cooking -> the food suddenly got better
• =>  Johnny approves of Minny’s presence in the house. 

6. Minny's reasons not to help Skeeter

• There is too much at risk for Aibileen. She is putting her job and her safety in jeopardy by participating in the project. 
• + Skeeter is also Hilly’s friend...