Who said it?
Plot
Symbols and details
New Historicism
100

You is kind. You is smart. You is important

Aibileen to Mae Mobley

100

 What does Elizabeth Leefolt do right after hearing the TV review?

Buy the book

100

What object does Aibileen constantly check to see how far Elizabeth has read?

The bookmark in the book

100

What year is The Help set in?

1964

300

“Wasn’t that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people.”

Skeeter

300

How does Hilly get Aibileen fired in Chapter 34?

Accuses her of stealing silver.

300

What does Mae Mobley do that shows Miss Taylor’s racist teaching?

Colors herself black and is ashamed

300

What real-life Civil Rights leader was murdered in Jackson in 1963?

Medger Evers

500

“If Hilly Holbrook ever says that to me again, I will tell her to her face she deserved that pie and more.”

Lou Ann to Skeeter

500

What does Mister Johnny Foote promise Minny in Chapter 30 after learning the truth about Celia’s miscarriages?

A job for life

500

What detail in the book gives away that Elizabeth is “Miss Leefolt”?

The L-shaped crack in her dining table

500

What was the real name of the maid who sued Kathryn Stockett for using her likeness in The Help?

Ablene Cooper