Aibien Clark Character Analysis
Regarding the expression of anger in the novel, a comparison is drawn between Aibileen and Minny. Aibileen Clark – One of the novel’s three narrators, Aibileen is a wise but reserved middle-aged black maid who takes pride in knowing that she has helped raise seventeen white children in her lifetime. Aibileen cares the most about two people in this world: her best friend Minny and Mae Mobley, the white girl she raises over the course of novel. Aibileen anger is avoidant; it seems like her anger is being bottled up inside her all the time. She bears racial oppression with quiet resilience. The "bitter seed in [her] chest" is just growing every day goes by. As for the symptoms, she shows some facial reactions; she is biting her tongue,
her face is getting red and hot. She is afraid to show her anger in fear of getting her into trouble. Even when Mae Mobley is hit by her own mother, Aibileen just stands there looking mad at her employer trying to calm the baby down. Minny, on the other hand, is the mouthy one. Once she is angry, all the terrible and curse words comes out of her mouth. Her anger can be categorized as explosive. It always seems to cause verbal harm to others.
her face is getting red and hot. She is afraid to show her anger in fear of getting her into trouble. Even when Mae Mobley is hit by her own mother, Aibileen just stands there looking mad at her employer trying to calm the baby down. Minny, on the other hand, is the mouthy one. Once she is angry, all the terrible and curse words comes out of her mouth. Her anger can be categorized as explosive. It always seems to cause verbal harm to others.