The Help by Laine Anthony https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm Important quotes or details en-us 2018-08-03 23:10:28 UTC 2026-02-07 07:50:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png When Aibileen tells Miss Skeeter about Treelore she explains, "...he say he gone write down what is like to be a colored working for a white man in Mississippi," (Stockett 99). anthonyla https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm/wish/271924626 This quote is significant because it sets up and reveals the story line. It sparks Miss Skeeter's idea for the book she will write with the help of colored maids throughout the course of the story. ]]> 2018-08-03 23:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm/wish/271924626 A colored man high within the NCAP, Medgar Evers, gets shot outside of his home: "Radio say his family run out the house when they heard the shots. Say he bloody, stumbling around, all the kids with blood all over em," (Stockett 230). anthonyla https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm/wish/271925055 This quote is significant within the story because it builds suspense and fear among the characters working on the book. If the white people could do this to Mr. Evers, they fear what could be done to them. ]]> 2018-08-03 23:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm/wish/271925055 In the beginning of the story, Aibileen explains how she feels after her son died two years prior. She explains, "But it weren't too long before I seen something in me had changed. A bitter seed was planted inside a me. And I just didn't feel so accepting anymore," (Stockett 3). anthonyla https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm/wish/271926769 This quote and excerpt is quite important for the story because it reveals some of Aibileen's character and how she changed once her son passed. It also sets up the story because Aibileen is the main driving force to get the book, The Help, published.]]> 2018-08-04 00:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm/wish/271926769 Aibileen spends most of her time as Miss Leefolt's maid taking care of Mae Mobley. Aibileen tells Mae Mobley what kind of person she is: "'You a smart girl,' I say again.She say, 'Mae Mo smart.' I say, 'You a kind little girl?' She just look at me. She two years old. She don't know what she is yet. I say, 'You a kind girl,' and she nod, repeat it back to me," (Stockett 107). anthonyla https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm/wish/271931552 This quote is very significant to the story because it reveals Aibileen's character. She loves every white baby she has cared for as her own. This also shows the close and loving relationship between the white children and the black caregivers. Miss Skeeter and Constantine are another example of that relationship.]]> 2018-08-04 03:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm/wish/271931552 Skeeter has gone to the library to do research for her book and to check out some books for Aibileen. She gets the Jim Crow Laws from the library and leaves them in her satchel, which she later forgets at Hilly's. Skeeter rushes back to Hilly's but once she arrives she realizes that Hilly has already seen the book: "Hilly opens the door. Her mouth is tight and red. I look down at her hands. They are knotted together like ropes. I've arrived too late," (Stockett 212). anthonyla https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm/wish/271933458 This specific excerpt from the text is important because it builds suspense. As the reader you want to know what Hilly will do now that she sees that Skeeter is not following her. It is also a turning point in Skeeter's and Hilly's relationship that is prominent throughout the remainder of the story. ]]> 2018-08-04 03:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anthonyla/hek89eewotlm/wish/271933458