Aibeleen and Skeeter. I loved the way Aibeleen was so open to others. I loved the way she treated the kids. She was proud, in a good way. Skeeter was able to look past what she was taught and the life that everyone she knew had accepted and try to change the world around her.
My favorite was Celia Foote. She is so broken and naive. I wanted Minny to fix everything for her. I cried when she lost her baby and I laughed so hard about chasing away the naked man! I also liked the fight in Minny. She was so strong and stubborn.
Easy. Aibileen. I appreciated Skeeter for recognizing the injustice around her and being strong enough to stand against everything she had ever been taught, but I loved Aibileen. She did not allow the hurt and wrong that had been done to her to make her bitter and she still allowed herself to love others deeply and even give them benefit of the doubt regardless of their skin color. To me, she was the least prejudice. She did not make presumptions about people based on what she had experienced in the past. I felt like everyone got a clean slate with Aibileen and she judged them by the "content of their character".
(Marcia)That is a hard one...but I think I have to go with Abilene and Skeeter. But Abilene really "told" the whole story with Celia and Minny and the others filling in their very important roles in the telling of the story. But it was Abilene who got it all started and exhibited bravery at first.
We are a group of sisters, mothers, daughters, cousins, aunts, grandmothers, and friends coming together because of our shared love of reading.
Annegirl
Favorite books are the Anne series and Emily series by L.M Montgomery, the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, Timeline and Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton,just about everything by Shannon Hale (especially Goose Girl and Book of A Thousand Days), the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull, the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini, the Hunger Games trilogy and Gregor series by Suzanne Collins, the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, and Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld. I add to my favorites list all the time!
Bookworm
Favorite books include Gone With the Wind, the Harry Potter series, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Hunt for Red October, The Patriarch (George Washington), Those Who Love, and The Presidents Lady
Stampin_Maniac
Favorite books are the Twilight series, any by Mary Higgins Clark, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, autobiographies, and The Work and the Glory series.
Julie
Favorite books include...East of Eden and all other John Steinbeck works, 1984, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables, Anna Karenina, Rebecca, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Memoirs of a Geisha, Charlotte's Web (and lots of other children's fiction novels)
Holly
Favorite books include Emma, the Harry Potter series, The Little Prince, Taming of the Shrew, Ender's Game, To Kill a Mockingbird, the Twilight series, A Christmas Carol, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Help, The Hunger Games, The Screwtape Letters, OPJB, and all of Bill Peet's children's books.
Deenie Bug
Favorite books are The Quicksilver Pool, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Moonraker's Bride, Window on the Square, The Secret Garden, Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings, and Agatha Christie books.
Wendy
Favorite books are A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Oh the places you'll go, 1776, Little Women, Persuasion, The Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, Little House, Christy, and A Lantern in her hand
BreeAnn
Favorite books are To Kill A Mockingbird, Little House on the Prairie, The Notebook, Twilight series, Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Work and the Glory series, anything by Mary Higgins Clark, and A child called it.
Sanya the Duck
Favorite books are Pride and Prejudice, The Good Earth, The Count of Monte Cristo, Harry Potter series, Twilight series, Anne of Green Gables, These is my Words, The Chronicles of Narnia, the Work and the Glory series, and The Kingdom and the Crown series.
Keddy-Weddy
G-Mama
Favorite books are Matilda, Pride and Prejudice, Rebecca, The Hiding Place, The Outsiders, Dealing with Dragons series, Twilight series, The Lord of the Rings series, The Thirteenth Tale, and Emily of New Moon
Stephanie
Favorite books include The Twilight series
Mel
Hare_Bear
Favorite books are the Twilight series and the Harry Potter series
4 comments:
Aibeleen and Skeeter.
I loved the way Aibeleen was so open to others. I loved the way she treated the kids. She was proud, in a good way.
Skeeter was able to look past what she was taught and the life that everyone she knew had accepted and try to change the world around her.
My favorite was Celia Foote. She is so broken and naive. I wanted Minny to fix everything for her. I cried when she lost her baby and I laughed so hard about chasing away the naked man! I also liked the fight in Minny. She was so strong and stubborn.
Easy. Aibileen. I appreciated Skeeter for recognizing the injustice around her and being strong enough to stand against everything she had ever been taught, but I loved Aibileen. She did not allow the hurt and wrong that had been done to her to make her bitter and she still allowed herself to love others deeply and even give them benefit of the doubt regardless of their skin color. To me, she was the least prejudice. She did not make presumptions about people based on what she had experienced in the past. I felt like everyone got a clean slate with Aibileen and she judged them by the "content of their character".
(Marcia)That is a hard one...but I think I have to go with Abilene and Skeeter. But Abilene really "told" the whole story with Celia and Minny and the others filling in their very important roles in the telling of the story. But it was Abilene who got it all started and exhibited bravery at first.
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