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In terms of voice, Stockett does stress the fact that it is not solely a racial issue, yet it is the following, or not following, of society's rules that further create impediments in having one's voice. Celia can be included in this conversation as her class limits the opportunity to get involved with the other women of Jackson despite that she married in their rank. Furthermore, Skeeter too becomes an outsider. Firstly, Skeeter is helping African Americans which is not accepted in Jackson at that time. In addition, she too has to be anonymous and cannot put her own name on her work.1 From aspects outside the racial sphere, Skeeter becomes an outcast as she does not want to conform to the traditional expectations of her sex as she focuses on her career. At the end Minny says that she has to go to New York as she “ain't got a good life here in Jackson...”2 as she has no friends, boyfriend or white community who support her. Moreover, what the novel also questions is to what extent the people in believe in society's views. Stockett seems to view that society and, therefore, the construction of one's voice is not only created by the legacy of race in Mississippi but also by society's pressure or peer pressure. For example, Hilly is a fierce racist and a believer in segregation and when she introduces the bathroom …show more content…

In other words, the community has racial attitudes and as as they do not critically think about these attitude and go along about what other people do, these patterns remain. This can be in despite the fact that they might actually disagree with the general view on race. Therefore, voice for African Americans remains limited due to the denial or even fear to go against society's attitudes, as well as for the people of the white community as they cannot deviate in their opinions from the rest of Mississippi as that would make them an

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