Friday, September 18, 2015

What are the main points of chapter 19 of "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett?

Kathryn Stockett's novel The Helpis
told by three different narrators: Miss Skeeter Phelan, Aibileen Clark, and Minnie
Jackson. Chapter 19 is one of Miss Skeeter's chapters. She is a white woman who has just
graduated from college and now finds herself living at home, writing articles about
cleaning for the Jackson Journal, and getting serious with her
first real boyfriend, Stuart. Most importantly, though, she is secretly writing a book
of stories told by the black maids in her town.


In this
chapter, Stuart scandalously asks Skeeter to go away with him for the weekend, but she
does not. She does agree to come to his parents' for dinner along with her
parents.


Miss Skeeter is beginning to realize that her
mother does not have the stamina she used to have; when they go shopping for new outfits
to wear to have dinner with Stuart's parents, her mother gets
tired.


Yule May is the next maid who has agreed to talk to
Miss Skeeter for her book; she is an important interview because she is Miss Hilly's
maid, and Miss Hilly is the unofficial "queen" of the white community. However, Yule May
can no longer talk to Miss Skeeter because she is now in jail, put there by her
employer, Miss Hilly. While it is true Yule May did take a ring from Miss Hilly out of
desperation, the ring only had minimal value yet Miss Hilly (through her social
connections) managed to have Yule May tried and convicted in a virtual whirlwind. Yule
May's sentence is four years instead of the typical six months, an indication of Hilly's
power and vindictiveness.


Several of the black women agree
to talk after what happened to Yule May, and Skeeter is thankful for their courage in
telling their stories.

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