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Chapter 5: Skeeter
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1. Writing style Skeeter
more formal than the sections written in the voices of Minny and Aibileen
Minny, Aibileen: dialect, phonetic, and informal language <-> Skeeter: grammatical rules, fewer contractions/figurative language
Skeeter’s voice than they do in those narrated by Minny and Aibileen. The formality of
the syntax and a more sophisticated word choice and vocabulary also serve to distinguish
between the diction of Skeeter’s sections and other sections of the novel.
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2. background info Skeeter/Hilly
college roommates
Hilly left to get married
Skeeter stayed on to finish her degree.
=> very close friends for quite some time.
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3. Eugenia/Skeeter
On the day she was born: Skeeter’s older brother Carlton saw his newborn sister and said she was not a baby, but a “skeeter.”
=> “long and leggy and mosquito-thin”
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4. a. Skeeter/her mom/their maid
difficult relationship with her mom (impatience)
-> Her mom is concerned that Skeeter will never find a husband (spinsterhood would be tragic) + berates her
positive relationship and a close-knit bond with Constantine
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4.b. Constantine - Demetrie?
youngest child, left out of the activities of her older siblings.
Constantine/Demetrie: confidante + friend
Constantine: first person to compliment Skeeter + tell her she was pretty; supported her and built her up.
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5. letter by Constantine
When Skeeter returns from college after skipping her own graduation ceremony, Constantine is gone.
Skeeter’s mother refuses to explain: Constantine has gone to live with her people in Chicago
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7. Skeeter as outcast
physical appearance (ugly)
not accepted or included by her peers
her height and frizzy hair
does not feel at home; feels lost in Jackson
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6. irony?
"I had to accept that Constantine, my one true alley, had left me to fend for myself with these people."
these people = Skeeter's family
=> feels a better connection with Constantine
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Chapter 6: Skeeter
1. Summarize the letter Elaine Stein sends to Skeeter. Include the advice that Stein offers to her.
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Elaine Stein: before applying at Harper & Row or a similar publisher in New York, Skeeter has to:
-> have min. 5 years experience
-> get an entry-level job at a local newspaper + practice writing.
=> Skeeter should write about what disturbs her, especially if it does not bother anyone else
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2. response
Elaine Stein’s letter is both encouraging and grounding:
-> Skeeter: list of ideas of items that disturb her + sends it
-> asks for a job at a local paper -> writing the Miss Myrna columns, answering domestic help questions
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3. irony?
job requires domestic experience + expertise, which Skeeter doesn't have at all
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4. Skeeter's mom
Skeeter's mom worries that the job will not help Skeeter find a husband
+ she asks her if she is attracted to men or women
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5. help for the Miss Myrna columns
does not know her own maid well enough to ask her for help
=> Aibileen
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6. Elizabeth's response
Elizabeth reluctantly agrees, but insists that Aibileen not spend very much time helping Skeeter; it cannot interferewith her work in the house. ( Aibileen: proprietary)
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7. Treelore's project
Treelore: wanted to write a book about his ownexperiences working for a white man in Jackson, Mississippi.
-> wrote the first 50 pages of the book before his death
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8. info about Constantine
Aibileen: Constantine did not quit—she was fired
+ reveals that Constantine has a daughter
-> was born with pale skin described as “high yellow,” (mixed race)