Mae

No one knows exactly when or how it started or who took the first step to what later would become the Great Migration. Blacks in the south endured a great amount of pain due to the caste system that was placed in the mid 1870’s. The caste system would solely be based on race. The south payed no attention to the fourteenth amendment. In other words, blacks were stripped from their rights and protections. They had to step aside if a white person was walking. They had to respond with “sir” or they…

During the peak of the Information Age, Bill Gates created an operating system that enabled computers to be used by the general consumer. Before Windows 3.0 was released, a huge portion of the general population was unable to use a computer. Not only did this open up many possibilities for consumers, but Gates ended up selling 4 million copies of Windows 3.0. His business, Microsoft, had only snowballed from there. Microsoft eventually went on to create Windows 95, and their sales numbers kept…

. . I done raised enough kids to know, they [first-grade teachers] matter.” This quotation shows how children can be influenced easily, to believe in something. Aibileen fears that all her lessons about equality, with Mae Mobley, will be ruined because her teacher is telling her that she is superior to blacks. Aibileen’s fear shows how the first few years of school have a big impact on a child’s mind. Because those years are crucial to a child’s understanding of the…

However, Minha Mae’s narrative at the end of the novel illuminates why the abandoning of Florens may be seen as “a mercy”. Near the beginning of the novel we learn Florens’ jealousy towards her brother, who she believes was “chosen” to stay with Minha Mae. Through the analysis in the paragraph prior and the nihilism of colonial society at the moment, the reader is awakened to comprehend Minha Mae’s decision. Beforehand, Florens’ life falls apart when she meets Malik, the blacksmith’s boy.…

The Circle by Dave Eggers very much reminds me of 1984 by George Orwell. I would event venture to say that it is the “updated” version. The main character of the book is Mae and she starts working for a company very similar to Google. However, this company called The Circle is very heavy on social media. Mae is initially very awestruck by The Circle (they have their own transportation, apartments, amenities etc.) However, she soon realizes that they more she “buys in” to their schemes, the more…

on social media and the virtual world of the internet. The book introduces Mae Holland, a young ambitious woman who has the opportunity of a lifetime to work for The Circle Company. The Circle's innovations such as the SEECHANGE cameras permit anyone visual access to any place at any time. Eventually, these cameras are used by Mae to monitor her every move, every day and to supply her whereabouts to anyone in the world. Mae becomes the face of transparency to inspire others to join her in this…

Skeeter is a Southern white woman who aspires to be a writer. Confronting the issue of racism, these women had conflicts because of society and in a way they tried to break free from society’s restraints and internal conflicts. Aibileen attempts to teach Mae Mobley about self-respect without having to lose her job, Minny has to learn how to understand others while defending herself, while Skeeter has to decide whether to follow what society…

Elizabeth refers to her baby daughter as "it" and this detail hints at the work Aibileen will later do to counteract Elizabeth 's lack of care for Mae Mobley. The use of "it" is followed by Aibileen 's realization that "something is wrong with this situation." This statement foreshadows the full disclosure of Elizabeth 's lack of warmth. Also in the first chapter, Hilly mentions her initiative to…

The Help, a book based in the mid-1960s, is an astonishing read in which the author, Kathryn Stockett, brings to attention three very different lifestyles. In The Help, Aibileen Clark, a black maid who takes care of a white child named Mae Mobley Leefolt; Minny Jackson, a black maid who is insistent on speaking her mind; and Euginia ‘Skeeter’ Phelan, a white amateur journalist who reaches out to Aibileen and Minny to write what it is like to be a black maid. The book starts in the August of…

The warmth of other suns is a book about three courageous African Americans having to make the heart breaking decision to migrate from the South, the only place they’ve ever known to the new and foreign North. Like millions of other people Ida Mae, George Stalling, and Robert Foster decided to make this great migration. When reading Warmth of Other Suns you get a sense of what it took for these millions of people to venture out to new places. These people left their homes to go to a place…