The help- Chapter 13

The Help- Chapter 13

By Jennifer Goodwin

Open Ended

When Stuart says that Skeeter is "different," Skeeter realizes he isn't talking about her appearance. Give two examples that show how Skeeter is "different" than the other women.

Skeeter​

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Her goal in college was to become a writer, not a housewife. She also speaks her mind.

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Open Ended

Skeeter finds a word written in a copy of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, but it wasn't so much the word itself that bothered her. Explain how this incident shows the depth of racism in the South.

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The word "****** book" is written in. It wasn't the word, but it looks like a child wrote it. That's what bothered her. The depth of racism starts when children are small and it is bred into them. (nobody is born racist.)

Open Ended

Skeeter finds a bit of irony in one of the Jim Crow laws. Explain the law and the irony of it.

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The separate building for blind people of a different race is ironic, because the blind can't even see skin color, so why should it matter? It's law 47.

Open Ended

Summarize the vague warning that Hilly gives Skeeter about Skeeter's interest in colored rights.

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Stuart's dad is the senator. The senator is pro- segregation and was at Ole' Miss when the black students attended (he was there in protest).