A Character Analysis Of Aibileen Clark In Jackson

Being a colored woman in the 1960's was a difficult time, but Aibileen never let anything come in the way of pursuing her goals even if the outcomes affected her friends and social life. Aibileen knew if people were to find out that she was involved in the book, there would be a possibility she would never be hired again - the information would spread all across the country. In addition to no job, the white ladies they worked for had their own types of punishment because

Aibileen has always done her job and has stayed quiet through all the nasty words that have been thrown at her, however she finds something inside which makes her realize that she has to stick up for her self. She grows confidence

Towards the end of Stockett’s novel, Aibileen has grown older and is now caring for two kids in the Leefolt house. Skeeter now tells Aibileen she has gotten a letter to go to New York and work for Miss Stein. When she goes, someone will need to take over the Miss Murna columns at the Jackson Journal. Here, Skeeter gives Aibileen the chance to take over for her. She also includes that she will receive the same amount of pay as she did. To this, Aibileen responds, “Me? Working for the white newspaper? I go to the sofa and open thee notebook, see them letters and articles from past times. Miss Skeeter set beside me (512)”. This is Aibileen basically conquering the issue of racism. The fact that Miss Skeeter put in such a good word about her that she got the job without an interview says wonders.

Aibileen, on the other hand, hasn’t obtained as much education as Mrs. Skeeter. Aibileen was black, and back in her days, blacks did not have the opportunity to receive the same education as whites did. Aiblieen was a very bright student and would have been very successful if she could have finished school. Even her teacher, Miss Ross, said that she was very intelligent, “You’re the smartest in the class, Abilieen.” Unfortunately, she could not finish school because she had to support her mother with bills that she could not pay herself. She stopped going to school when she was fourteen years old. She instead went to work as a maid and wait on white families. Because of her lack of education, she did not speak very well. She often used slang

Aibileen is a colored woman in The Help who is selfless by the way she takes care of Mae Mobley who is the daughter of Elizabeth leefolt, and how she teaches mae mobley to be self loving, Aibileen has changed since her son Treelore’s death and finds that she cannot easily accept the way colored people are treated and is now set on the right path to do the right thing for society by showing how colored people are treated. Even after losing everything Aibileen remains selfless, caring, and committed to doing the right thing.

The Film follows the journey of a young woman named Skeeter Phelan. She has just returned from living in New York and somehow her experiences there have changed her view of her home in Jackson Mississippi .Along her journey, she has discovered a new found friend, Aibileen Clark. Aibileen Clark is an African-American maid who has raised seventeen white children in her lifetime, including her recent and last “white baby” Mae Mobley. The book she writes with skeeter and the other African-American maid empowers her to stand up for justice. Aibileen is a great example of the earth mother as she not only she 17 “white baby” but she also taught them that color of skin does not matter, but kindness and love do. An earth mother is considerate and encourages the good things in life instead of the dark soul within. They put other people’s needs before their own despite of having their own personal problems. Like Leigh Anne, Aibileen have also risk her lives of teaching Mae Mobley about racial equality and civil rights. This is a risk as she is breaching the law which can cause her to lose her job and eventually face social penalties. This risk that she had taken was to prove that people were not born to be racist but is eventually taught through generation , "stop that moment from coming – and it come in every child's life – when they start to think that colored folks ain't as good

Their relationship emphasized that sometimes when you love someone you have to be able to sacrifice what is important to you, for them. In addition, this book has also showed that you can love someone no matter what others think. This can refer to Mae Mobley and Aibileen because their race was not a factor in their relationship even though during the time this took place, most African Americans could not have a relationship like that with a white person. Another character to show this is Johnny Foote. His wife, Celia is a very important character in the book because her and her maid Minny form a strong bond over the course of the novel.

Although Skeeter’s freedom is constantly abridged, it cannot compare to the magnitude of Aibileen Clark’s hardships. Aibileen Clark is a black woman who serves as a maid in Jackson, Mississippi. First, her freedom to use specific bathrooms is restricted by her race because of Mrs. Hilly’s rumor that all black people carry diseases. Also, she couldn’t even take care of her own child because of her race and social class, instead she had to care for the white babies. Her freedom of speech is even disregarded because of the color of her skin. Furthermore, it was even illegal for her to speak of equality, as it was to enter white only areas. Aibileen’s future was also hindered by when she

She works for Elizabeth, an affluent white woman who is pregnant with her second child, even as she neglects her first child. Aibileen is the liaison between Skeeter, Elizabeth’s best friend, and the other maids.

The most compelling character of this novel was Aibileen, an African-American maid working her days taking care of precious Mae Mobley Leefolt and the Leefolt’s house. She cooked and cleaned and earned little to no pay while doing so. Aibileen faced many conflicts throughout this book such as working through her son, Treelore’s death as well as raising a white two year old in a strict white woman’s house. She taught this girl to learn to love herself because her own mother was not. “Gave Mae Mobley one more hug, whisper, ‘You a smart girl. You a good girl.’” (Stockett 111) The biggest conflict Aibileen faced, however, was sitting down everyday and being interviewed by Skeeter Phelan who was a privileged white girl trying to make it as a writer. Skeeter asked Aibileen questions about what it is like to work as a maid, the challenges she faced daily, and trying to overcome the segregation gap in Jackson, Mississippi. As hard as it was, Aibileen answered all of these questions honestly in attempts to help Skeeter publish a book about working as a black woman during that time. Aibileen was developed well by the author because she showed the relationships she developed with white characters such as Skeeter and Mae Mobley. During that day and age, a black woman working together with a white woman was unheard of. Throughout The Help, Aibileen was going against the norm of society to try and find peace in this splintered town which made

Aibileen, a black maid working for Elizabeth Leefolt, has taken care of eighteen white babies and watched them grow from innocent children into children influenced by their parents beliefs of racism. When Skeeter is talking to Elaine Stein, she mentions that the help loves the children and the children love the help, but before they know it, the children are grown and become the employers of their once loved help. Aibileen is empowered to contribute to the novel because of her extreme love for Mae Mobley. Aibileen is able to empathize with Mae Mobley because neither Aibileen nor Mae Mobley fit in with society’s standards. Throughout the novel, Aibileen teaches Mae Mobley lessons of self-love and racism and prejudice. At first, Aibileen denies Skeeter’s proposal into writing the book. However, once the Home Health Sanitation Initiative is set into place and Aibileen hears all of the terrible things Miss Hilly has to say about blacks, such as the diseases the

aibileen is a kind hearted human. she overlooks the colour of skin and wants change for the better. she believes that all blacks and all whites should be treated the same. aibileen is an open minded person and shows that you dont have to be a specific race or colour to love and be loved. aibileens roll in the help is to show the readers that she doesnt pay attention to skin colour and that she looks at peoples actions and behavior to determine if their good or bad. aibileen is alone in this world so it plays a big factor of how she acts. she takes care of mae mobley like shes her own. aiblieen is also willing to help miss. skeeter to write a book.

The movie ‘The Help,’ is based in Jackson, Mississippi in 1963, which is directed from a black women’s view of how they go through life being a maid for a white women. In the beginning Skeeter ask, Aibileen; “What does it feel like raising a white child when your children are at home are being raised by someone else?” Aibileen was at loss of words, because years ago she had lost her son. Aibileen is a kind woman trying to make her living being a help for Elizabeth Leefolt.

Prompt 3: Similarities: Something both Ed and Judy Boone share is their genuine love for Christopher despite their difficulty in fully understanding Christopher. I know this because in the text when Christopher blatantly disobeys his father Ed and they get into a fight, Ed later then apologizes and takes Christopher to the zoo and says "Christopher, do you understand that I love you?" on page 66. Which explains itself; he loves Christopher regardless. As for Christopher's mother, Judy Boone, she also loves Christopher dearly. In the text when Christopher just shows up out of the blue and right into her life, she puts her life on hold just to take care of him thus losing her job and leaving Mr.Shears. When Mr.Shears says Christopher can only

It is commonplace for white families to have black maids serving them at this time. Aibileen (Davis) is a strong-willed maid who is