chippy

Posted on 6/20/09

4. How much of a person’s character would you say is shaped
by the times in which they live?

A huge amount and a lot we don't even know until years
later. My parents were raising babies during the era of
this book and seeing how their opinions and views have
changed over the years in phenominal and I think it is
largely because our society is so different.

5. Did it bother you that Skeeter is willing to overlook
so many of Stuart’s faults so that she can get married, and
that it’s not until he literally gets up and walks away
that the engagement falls apart?

I think her being new in a relationship with men that she
was sort of manning uncharted territory for her. It was all
so new and she wasn't sure what exactly she was supposed to
do. I knew she was strong and was hoping she'd eventually
stand up to him. I was hoping he'd stand up with her.

6. Do you believe that Minny was justified in her distrust
of white people?

I think it was such a different time back then that people
dealt with the life they had in the best ways they could.
She had a big mouth and had been shafted so many times
because of it and I'm sure she felt she had every reason to
distrust white people.

7. Do you think that had Aibileen stayed working for Miss
Elizabeth, that Mae Mobley would have grown up to be racist
like her mother? Do you think racism is inherent, or taught?

I think times they were a changing and that Abileen
would've helped Mae Mobley to see thing differently like
the author's real made did in real life.

Your thoughts?

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