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nexus9112 [7]
3 years ago
5

How does Aibileen try to counteract the negative effects of Elizabeth’s criticism and coldness to Mae Mobley? Provide evidence f

rom the text to support your answer.
English
1 answer:
nadezda [96]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Aibileen treats Mae Mobley as if she were her own child.

Explanation:

Aibileen, Mae Mobley, and Elizabeth Leefolt are characters in the book "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. Aibileen is an African-American maid who takes care of two-year-old Mae Mobley, Miss Leefolt's daughter, in addition to doing everything around the Leefolts' house. Elizabeth clearly doesn't love her child. Mae Mobley is a consequence of a time and culture that forced women to marry and have children, no matter if they truly wanted or were prepared to do so. <u>Elizabeth is cold and critical of her daughter, but Aibileen makes a point of counteracting the negative effects of such treatment. She is gentle and encouraging, making a point of teaching Mae Mobley some self-esteem, as a mother should.</u> We can see the interaction between the characters in the excerpt below:

<em>Miss Leefolt just now noticing her child ain’t setting in the same room with her. “She out here with me, Miss Leefolt,” I say through the screen door. </em>

<em>“I told you to eat in your high chair, Mae Mobley. </em><u><em>How I ended up with you when all my friends have angels I just do not know </em></u><em>. . .” But then the phone ring  and I hear her stomping off to get it. </em>

<em>I look down at Baby Girl, see how her forehead’s all wrinkled up between the eyes. She studying hard on something. </em>

<u><em>I touch her cheek. “You alright, baby?” </em></u>

<u><em>She say, “Mae Mo bad.” </em></u>

<em>The way she say it, like it’s a fact, make my insides hurt. </em>

<em>“Mae Mobley,” I say cause I got a notion to try something. “You a smart girl?” </em>

<em>She just look at me, like she don’t know. </em>

<u><em>“You a smart girl,” I say again. </em></u>

<u><em>She say, “Mae Mo smart.” </em></u>

<u><em>I say, “You a kind little girl?” </em></u>

<em>She just look at me. She two years old. She don’t know what she is yet. </em>

<em>I say, “</em><u><em>You a kind girl,” and she nod, repeat it back to me.</em></u>

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