Thursday, March 29, 2018
I am reading The Adventures of Huck Finn and I noticed that there are plenty of people in this book that could snugly fit into multiple stereotypes. One character that fits into a stereotype was Jim, Ms. Watson's slave. The stereotype that Jim represents is that slaves cannot talk or think right and that they aren't as smart as everyone else. Just look at Jim's dialogue/dialect "Say, who is you? Whar is you? Dog my cats ef I didn' hear sumf'n." If that doesn't fit the stereotype then what does?
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I also have a multitude of stereotypes, but since my book is set a different period in time (post-Civil War), they are different when referring to people with a darker skin tone. However, southern stereotypes are quite similar. Such as how far more racist the south is than the north.
ReplyDeleteHello this is Abby, I am reading "The Help" and in my book there is a stereotype that every white lady would stay at home when their husbands would leave for the day to go to work. They would have to know how to cook, clean, and do daily chores, but always have the maid(s) do it for them. They are usually mean to their maid(s). However Miss Celia Rae Foote does not fit this stereotype, because not only is she horrible at cooking but her house seems clean on the outside but every cabinets stuffed full of junk and dirty clothes. There are cobwebs in every corner in the house. She is trying to fit in by having her maid, Minny, teach her how to cook and do simple chores around the house. One major difference between the stereotypical rich white lady and Miss Celia is that she is actually nice and respectful to Minny, than the other women. When Miss Celia met Minny for the first time she offered Minny a drink, this is very uncommon for a white person to do an act of kindness like this for a colored person. You can already tell that Miss Celia is not like any other women. The other stereotype is that the colored maids would go to the house everyday except for Sundays and maybe Saturdays and clean the whole house and prepare a meals. They have to stay extra quiet and stay out of the way. They would also have to take care of the children, if there are any. Minny although she is a great cook she talks back to everyone including her mama. One time she sassed her first client and by the end of the day she was fired. I can't wait to read the rest of the book and learn more about all the characters.
ReplyDeleteI am also reading "The Help" and I agree with your thoughts on Miss Celia. I do know that I am a little bit farther ahead of you in the book, but I think that some of the other white women could take a page from Miss Celia's book, and learn to be kind and treat their maids with respect.In chapter ten, Miss Celia isn't feeling very well, and Minny can tell because she asked for a glass of water without saying please, which has never happened. Minny and Miss Celia have formed a special bond and I can't wait for them to grow even closer when Miss Celia FINALLY DECIDES TO TELL HER HUSBAND ABOUT MINNY!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteIn my book, there are a lot of women, white and colored, who do not fit their gender and race specific stereotypes. First is Miss Skeeter, a white woman who does not fit the perfect stereotypical cookie-cutter shape at all! She is 5’11”, unmarried and living on her parents plantation, trying to presume her dream of becoming a journalist. Instead of sticking to the stereotype and settling down to raise a family, she decides to pursue her dreams instead of pursuing a man. Minny, a colored cook and housemaid, does not fit the quiet, obedient, uneducated stereotype of a colored housemaid at all! Minny has an issue with talking back to any rude employers, an uncommon trait among colored maids, and it costs her sometimes. She and her best friend, Aibileen, are some of the smartest colored women in the book. These three women are also rebellious, they strive to change the way people are separated by race, and they strive for change, and in Jackson, Mississippi, that never ends well.
Hi this is Zoey, I'm reading "BLACK LIKE ME" and it has stereotype that the darker your skin color is the less trustworthy you. So people would treat the people really badly to the point were they would get really depressed. John Howard Griffen, the main character and author, did think that it gets that bad and really affected him to the point where he didn't want to be black anymore and go back home. People gave him dirty looks, talked about him right in front, and even yelled at him.
ReplyDeleteI️ am reading Tom Sawyer and I️ have heard a lot about huck finn. I️ wanted to know if Tom Sawyer is mentioned in huck finn
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