Celia Foote Character

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Though Stockett mostly uses what Celia Foote says and does in The Help to portray her character, she is able to tell the background of how Celia is misunderstood and judged too early. Through the story you learn more about her character through the eyes of Minnesota Jackson and the others that surround her. Even though she doesn’t get much of a voice her character is still able to be portrayed as though she is a narrator herself. Celia is one of the characters is this novel who moves to the beat of her own drum. When Minny opens up the chapter, you are greeted with warm southern hospitality. Celia welcomes Minny to her house by sticking her hand out to shake it (Stockett, 36) which is something that would have hardly ever happened in …show more content…

One of the major ones is her not being able to cook. While to ring the house before hiring Minny, she was cooking a pineapple upside down cake from one of her magazines and it ended up not being what she imagined it to (37). It was a great thing that Minny was known as the best cook in Jackson otherwise Celia would’ve had to keep cooking that corn pone and boiling potatoes (51). Another flaw that is the most noticeable is her cluelessness. The one major event for all the wives in town, mostly Hilly Holbrook, is the Benefit that happens during Christmas. Celia tried so hard to get into the Benefit. She'd always call the ladies from the League but they knew not to answer the phone from her because they'd feel the rage of Hilly. That leads the next clueless situation to Celia which is the love triangle between Celia, Johnny, and Hilly. Hilly was dating Johnny in college and one day he ended up going to a game where he met Celia working in the stands and they ended up hitting it off. Ever since then Hilly had a jealous seed grow over Celia. Hilly still was “sweet on Mr.Johnny” as Minny would say and you'd think Celia would take notice to this but is even oblivious to this. Even though Celia tried so hard to fit into the ways of the women in Jackson, she couldn't. She had become the outcast of the Jackson community from not only living way out of town but for being on Hills bad

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