The Help: Final Blog

    

At the end of, "The Help," Aibileen is fired from Elizabeth. At this point in Aibileen's life she is no longer raising white babies anymore. I found the last scene between Aibileen and Mae Mobley to be touching and sad at the same time. Mae Mobley looked up to Aibileen as a mother and she didn't have that kind of relationship with her real mother. Her mother didn't really care to be around her a lot. In fact, Elizabeth ignored her daughter in certain situations. For example, when Mae Mobley wanted Elizabeth to hold her she completely ignored Mae Mobley and walked the other direction. She was just trying to show her mother love but her mother wouldn't give it back to her. I felt bad for Mae Mobley because she tried hard to get her mothers attention but her mother just wouldn't give her the time of day. Elizabeth was always giving her daughter the cold shoulder and when a parent does that to their child, it makes them feel neglected. Aibileen was always there for Mae Mobley and raised her like she was her child. She could make her smile, laugh, and comforted her when she was sad or scared. When Aibileen told Mae Mobley she was leaving, Mae Mobley was crying her eyes out. Before Aibileen left she told Mae Mobley to remember this saying; "you is kind, you is smart, you is important." That would impact her for the rest of her life. Aibileen also told Elizabeth to take care of her while she was gone and raise her. I feel that Mae Mobley will grow up to be like Skeeter and Mr. Johnny. Skeeter and Mr. Johnny's childhood are similar because they were raised by black maids and they had great relationships with them. They did not grow up to be racist at all. I can picture Mae Mobley not become racist when she gets older; I can picture her being like Skeeter or Mr. Johnny. 

The Help: Second Blog

Like Hilly, Skeeter's mother is a prime example of someone deeply flawed yet somewhat sympathetic. She seems to care for Skeeter-and she also seems to have very real feelings for Constantine. Yet the ultamatim she gives to Constantine is untenable; and most of her interaction with Skeeter is critical. In my personal opinion, I think that Skeeter's mother is a sympathetic person. She may be critical towards Skeeter but I believe when a mother is critical to her daughter, she cares. I think she only wants the best for her daughter and tries to look out for her. When she is critical, I don't think she is trying to hurt her feelings I think she is trying to help her like every mother would do. I can understand Skeeter's frustration with her mother sometimes because she feels that no matter what she does is never good enough. I don't think her mother means to make her feel like that. Personally, I feel that if a mother is not critical towards her daughter, the mother doesn't care about what her daughter does, or wears, etc. Therefore, I believe that Skeeter's mother is a sympathetic person. 

I think that Skeeter's mother really liked Constantine. Constantine was a great maid and did so much for their family. She raised Skeeter and Skeeter looked up to her as someone she could talk to about anything. Constantine always gave her the best advice on whatever problem Skeeter had. They had a close relationship. When Skeeter's mother fired Constantine I think it killed her inside. She probably felt like she had no choice because she was surrounded by a business group of woman who were bossing Constantine around. It seemed like she was pressured into doing it so that she could show the other woman she was in control. And later on in life, she sent her son to go find Constantine and hire her back but Constantine died. That to me shows that she missed Constantine and felt sorry for the ultimatum she gave her. That's another way I feel that she is a sympathetic person.