https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit Pre-Reading Research & Visual Guide en-us 2018-10-10 00:54:48 UTC 2018-10-10 19:10:09 UTC hello@padlet.com amandafward https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291043952 2018-10-10 01:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291043952 amandafward https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291044514 A novel about black maids in Jackson, Mississipp, in 1962. The black maids work with Skeeter Phelan, a white women, to create a book depicting their lives. The chapters are narrated through the eyes of three main characters: Aibileen, Minnie, and Skeeter.]]> 2018-10-10 01:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291044514 amandafward https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291073695 2018-10-10 04:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291073695 amandafward https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291074993 1962, Jackson, Mississippi]]> 2018-10-10 04:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291074993 amandafward https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291076172 Kathryn Stockett]]> 2018-10-10 04:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291076172 amandafward https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291438213 2018-10-10 19:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291438213 amandafward https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291440775 "Gripping account of racial interactions in the deep South in the 1960's by an author who grew up there in the aftermath of the Civil Rights struggle. The book does have its flaws. How many times can the central characters "narrow" their eyes and how many times can the protagonist escape her parents suffocating attention to meet with her friend's black housekeeper without being found out? The plot may stretch credulity towards its conclusion, yet the book is hard to put down. Black critics have pointed at negative black stereotypes, especially black men but, valid or not, the story mostly rings true while projecting a ringing indictment of the 1960's white community. As such it serves as a powerful reminder today that much more progress must yet be made if the US is ever to be home to a racially egalitarian society"]]> 2018-10-10 19:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291440775 amandafward https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291441892 2018-10-10 19:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/amandafward/x1mo1zo98kit/wish/291441892