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Miss. Charlotte Phelan
By: Andrew Garcia, Chris Bostel, and Luke Maccariello
" Mother pulls the pad of paper from under the covers, tucked in the invisible pocket she's had sewn in every garment, where she keeps antivomiting pills, tissues. Tiny dictorial lists. Even though she is so weak, I'm surprised by the steadiness of her hand as she writes on the "Do Not Wear" list:..." (Stockett 440)
" 'Don't you let him cheapen you... If Stuart doesn't know how intelligent and kind I raised you to be, he can march straight on back to State Street... Frankly, I don't care much for Stuart. He doesnt know how lucky he was to have you.' "(Stockett 420).
"If my fifteen-second engagement to Stuart is what spurred Mother's will to live, the fact that I'm single again fueled her strength even more."
(Stockett 488).
Charlotte
"Mother's been chasing me with the Magic Soft & Silky Shinalator for two days now. She rubs the cream in my hair with both hands. I can practically feel the hope in her fingers. A cream will not straighten my nose or take a foot off my height. It won't add distinction to my almost translucent eyebrows, nor add weight to my bony frame. And my teeth are already perfectly straight. So this is all she has left to fix, my hair." (Stockett 127-128).
" 'Four years my daughter goes off to college and what does she come home with?' she asks. 'A Diploma?' 'A pretty piece of paper,' Mother says...'Mama,' I say wanting to end the conversation, 'would it really be so terrible if I never met a husband' Mother clutches her bare arms as if made cold by the thought.'Don't. Don't say that, Eugenia. Why, every week I see another man in town over six feet and I think, If Eugenia would just try...' She presses her hand to her stomach, the very thought advancing her ulcers. (Stocket 64, 66)