1. Skeeter Delaney Forgette

2. Main idea Writing a book that will show the real way that the help was treated Shows the true values of maids and the effect the have (MASLIN)

3. Minnie Helped persuade the other maids to help with writing the book. Minnie and skeeter relate because they both say what is on their minds. Minnie had to put a lot of trust into skeeter, thought skeeter was going to go behind her back. (“Minnie”)

4. Aibileen People tell her that “we all on a party line to god, but you, your sending it right to his ear” Similar to skeeter because the have the same dream of writing. Raised white children like they were her own. ("Aibileen”)

5. Skeeter Breaks rules and crosses lines Becomes better friends with the help Does not fit in as a beauty of society Constantine helped her become who she was Does not buy into the myths that black people are bad Author of the book relates skeeter to herself. Has a desire to give the help a voice ("Eugenia”)

6. What made Skeeters idea of the help different from others, even though they grew up the same way. She viewed them as regular people, not as something that was bad. She realized that they lived the same way as whites, except for all the money and fancy things. She treated them as she was important. ("Eugenia “)

7. What influenced Skeeter the most to go against what her friends thought to help others? “what you’d…kick me out? For disagreeing with you?” ("The Help“ 10) She viewed blacks as normal people the same as whites.

8. How did the segregation laws going on in 1962 effect Skeeters plan to help the maids? It was not allowed for whites to go into black homes unless they were there to work. (" EBSCOhost: Jim”)

9. How maids impacted society Economy would be lost without them Worked constantly Not good pay physical/sexual abuse International labor organization wanted to limit hours Wanted to protect them from violent employers After the change workers said they were treated like family (free the maids)

10. Kathyryn Stockett Got idea to write book from the way she grew up A lot like skeeter “I want to stop that moment from happening-and it come in every white child’s life- when they start to think that coloured folks aint as good as whites’” When she went home with her maid it was the first time she realized that they have a life other than when they are helping white families. (Calkin)

11. Not equal NAACP largest civil rights group Emancipation Proclamation when southern slaves were freed 13 th -abolished slavery 14 th -former slaves equal under law 15 th -the right to vote Plessy v fergunson- separate but equal, if facilities were separate they had to be the same as eachother (" EBSCOhost.“)

12. How did the help treat the families they worked for? They had genuine affection between domestics and the employers. Children were more accepting of the maids because they treated them with more kindness then their parents. Always put the white family before their own because it was the “right” thing to do. ("contrary”)

13. How should a colored women act? Was known as a housekeeper, cook, nursemaid Raised a white family and her own family at the same time Had to make sure everything was done for the whites before she could do it for herself ("The Roles”)

14. How should a white women act? Responsible for maintaining southern social order, and southern tradition. Sits high on a pedestal that her husband has built for her. (“The Roles”)