Miss Leefolt's insecurities

Miss Leefolt's insecurities

Not being maternal enough - a bad mother

"She give her girl a hug, something i don't see enough of"

She doesn't give her daughter any affection, she's not much of a mother to her and only bothers with her when it suits her

"Not today when Mae Moebly is up or else i'll have to look after her myself"

Miss Leefolt is insecure of not being maternal enough to raise Mae Moebly because she gets jealous that Aibileen is such a good mother figure to her own daughter. In a way, Mae Moebly sees Aibileen more as her mother becaise Miss Leefolt could never love her that way and it makes her envy their relationship even though she is incapable of providing that kind of love.

"Mae Moebly following me around. Miss Leefolt, she'd narrow up her eyes at me like i done something wrong, unhitch that crying baby off my foot. I reckon that's the risk you run, letting somebody else raise your chilluns"

Not fully fitting in with her white counterparts - not being rich enough

"L shaped crack"

The L shaped crack displays her lack of finance as she actively attempts to cover it up, rather than fixing it as she cannot afford to.

Hides these cracks, but these cracks could also represent the cracks that are starting to form within the society. Hiding that injustice is starting to change because she conforms to this stereotypical role of a white upper class woman.

Tries to fit in with this social class by hiding her financial troubles and conforming to the stereotype because she doesn't want to be viewed as 'poor' and outcasted/isolated because of it

"you're not going to college so your mama's friends don't gotta use the same bathroom as the maid"

This starts to show her reality through her facade of being a typical upper class white woman, adopting all of the same opinions and behaviours of her counterparts

"You think this looks hand made?"

"anything she can't buy new of, she just get her some blue material and sew it a cover"