“You a smart girl. You a kind girl, Mae Mobley. You hear me?” And I keep saying it till she repeat it back to me.
These words were said by Aibileen, an African American maid, to Mae Mobley, a daughter of Aibileen’s employers.
A two-year-old girl has terrible childhood, her mother ignores her most of the time, and when she doesn’t, she usually yells at her and punches her. The only person who truly loves her is Aibileen.
Although she is not even her relative, she feels responsible for bringing Mae Mobley up as a strong and a good person. She knows that childhood is a significantly important part of people’s life and she does her best to help this little girl. She is always there for her. Aibileen even replaces her mother, because in the movie Mae said that she was her real mother.
I think that Mae Mobley is extremely lucky to have such a person in her childhood. Aibleen always tries to heal the wounds that her mother gave her, tries to ease the pain by repeating the same words: “You is kind, you is smart, you is important”. The most heartwarming thing about it is that Aibileen illiterate, but it doesn’t really matter, because the message is clear. She tries to teach the little girl universal values through the language of love and support. It doesn’t really matter what color your skin is, how old you are or how much money you have. No words are needed to express love and to teach kindness, and Aibileen is a walking proof of it.
