What happens in chapter 12 of The Help?
What happens in chapter 12 of The Help?
Skeeter and Aibileen work on Aibileen’s story for several days, then Skeeter sends it to Elaine Stein in New York. Ten days later, Skeeter is at Elizabeth’s for the bridge game. Elizabeth announces she’s pregnant again, and Hilly talks about her husband’s campaign for state Senate.
What happens in chapter 4 of The Help?
The first week Minny works for Celia, she cleans the massive house until it’s spotless. She wonders why Celia doesn’t have any kids, and wonders what Celia does when she sneaks upstairs all secretive. She wonders why Celia is always lying down too.
What happens in chapter 33 of The Help?
Minny and Aibileen convince Skeeter that she must take the job – they remind her that her life here in Jackson is not good. They can take care of themselves. Skeeter is thrilled. She’s taking the job, and heading for the Big Apple.
Does Skeeter get married?
Stuart and Skeeter eventually reconcile and begin dating again. He asks her to marry him, but when she tells him the truth about the book, he withdraws his proposal and leaves.
What happens in chapter 13 of The Help?
At the library, Skeeter finds a book on Jim Crow laws and is shocked by all the laws that are on the books to separate whites from blacks. Skeeter realizes that there is no real difference between official laws and Hilly’s racist attitude about separate bathrooms.
What happens in chapter 14 of The Help?
Someone has been shot and all the black people have to get off the bus. She walks to Minny’s and learns that civil rights leader Medgar Evers has been shot and killed by the KKK. He lived five minutes from Minny’s house by car. His assassination turns Jackson into a city boiling with racial tension.
What happens in chapter 3 of The Help?
Celia offers to pay Minny twice the amount that Miss Walters paid her. The catch is that Celia wants to keep Minny a secret from her husband, Johnny. She wants Johnny to think she can take care of the house and cook by herself. Reluctantly, Minny agrees to keep herself a secret from Johnny.
What happened in Chapter 4 A Wrinkle in Time?
Meg suddenly feels herself torn apart from Charles and Calvin and thrust into silent darkness. She tries to cry out to them but finds she does not even have a body, much less a voice. Suddenly, she feels her heart beating again and sees Charles and Calvin shimmer back into material presence.
Where does Skeeter get a job in chapter 6?
Skeeter receives a job offer at the Jackson Journal writing the Miss Myrna column, a housekeeping advice column for which she is unqualified. Skeeter asks Aibileen to help her with the answers to domestic questions and Aibileen reluctantly agrees.
Why is her nickname Skeeter?
Skeeter and Constantine Skeeter gets her nickname from her older brother, Carlton.