Skeeter Phelan
The Help by Kathryn Stockett takes place during the 1960s in Jackson Mississippi. During this period, we see the segregation of blacks dominated by the white supremacy in southern United States. In the novel, Kathryn Stockett uses the character of Skeeter Phelan, an educated white lady who acts on her rebellious nature by breaking the stereotype of segregation in society. She achieves this by creating a unique bond with the black maids, by not living a stereotypical white life, and by writing about another race to help end discrimination. Everyone makes a picture in their mind of how a person should behave around their surroundings, but when someone breaks that image it becomes very hard to accept them.
To begin with, Skeeter’s relationship …show more content…
Skeeter is being forced by her friends and family to find a man and then marry him. Early in the story, Miss Hilly tries to set Skeeter up with Stuart Whitworth. Hilly orders Skeeter, “Then make room… because this is pretty darn important” (71). Skeeter wants to follow her dreams and become a writer, but everyone close to Skeeter is trying to find her a man that she would spend the rest of her life with. Everyone wants to get Skeeter married as soon as possible since society expects her to get married after high school. Although Skeeter does not want to get married, she agrees to go on a blind date with Stuart, but the little hope she had left in finding a man was ruined, due to the way Stuart acted on their first date. This shows that Skeeter would rather spend time to herself, than on another man. Later in the story, when Skeeter left for University, her mother, Charlotte wanted Skeeter to come back with a man, like every other woman in town. Skeeter thinks, “I SKIPPED MY GRADUATION CEREMONY at Ole Miss. All my close friends had dropped out to get married and I didn't see the point in making Mama and Daddy drive three hours just to watch me walk across a stage, when what Mother really wanted was to watch me walk down the aisle” (80). This is significant because the readers learn that Charlotte wants Skeeter to get married and settle down. Her mother wants her to be like all the other white women in Jackson that went to study, but dropped out to get married. However, Skeeter is different than the others, she wants to become someone important before dedicating her life to a man. Skeeter breaks free from what the white society expects her to be by picking her career over a
To begin with, Skeeter’s relationship …show more content…
Skeeter is being forced by her friends and family to find a man and then marry him. Early in the story, Miss Hilly tries to set Skeeter up with Stuart Whitworth. Hilly orders Skeeter, “Then make room… because this is pretty darn important” (71). Skeeter wants to follow her dreams and become a writer, but everyone close to Skeeter is trying to find her a man that she would spend the rest of her life with. Everyone wants to get Skeeter married as soon as possible since society expects her to get married after high school. Although Skeeter does not want to get married, she agrees to go on a blind date with Stuart, but the little hope she had left in finding a man was ruined, due to the way Stuart acted on their first date. This shows that Skeeter would rather spend time to herself, than on another man. Later in the story, when Skeeter left for University, her mother, Charlotte wanted Skeeter to come back with a man, like every other woman in town. Skeeter thinks, “I SKIPPED MY GRADUATION CEREMONY at Ole Miss. All my close friends had dropped out to get married and I didn't see the point in making Mama and Daddy drive three hours just to watch me walk across a stage, when what Mother really wanted was to watch me walk down the aisle” (80). This is significant because the readers learn that Charlotte wants Skeeter to get married and settle down. Her mother wants her to be like all the other white women in Jackson that went to study, but dropped out to get married. However, Skeeter is different than the others, she wants to become someone important before dedicating her life to a man. Skeeter breaks free from what the white society expects her to be by picking her career over a