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Hot off the presses: the November Teachers.Net Gazette....

    Re: The Help (Chapters 5 - 7)
    Posted by: cjode on 6/14/09

    yes, I agree..the characterization is wonderful. I find myself
    laughing out loud, REALLY....and my family glancing over at me. It
    has been a long time since I have found a book that I am having
    trouble putting down.

    On 6/14/09, Susan/SC wrote:
    > Stockett has done a great job with these characters. I am
    > enjoying them all - even the evil Hilly, and the frustrating
    > Mother. I again found things that made me laugh - the editor
    > looking at Skeeter's impressive college resume and saying "didn't
    > you have any fun?" and Mother's reaction when she gets the Miss
    > Myrna job, "oh the irony of it"
    >
    > Poor poor Mae Mo - thank goodness that baby has Abilene to love
    > her. I don't know how Abilene can swallow her pride and take what
    > she does - there's the real strength in these women - that they
    > put themselves aside and did what they needed to survive. I
    > wonder how much of that still has to happen today - the vestiges
    > of racism that I as a white woman don't even notice?


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    Posts on this thread, including this one

  • The Help (Chapters 5 - 7), 6/11/09, by chippy.
  • Re: The Help (Chapters 5 - 7), 6/13/09, by amysaidit.
  • Re: The Help (Chapters 5 - 7), 6/14/09, by Susan/SC.
  • Re: The Help (Chapters 5 - 7), 6/14/09, by cjode.

     
     

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