“You talking about something that don’t exist.” I shake my head at my friend. “Not only is they lines, but you know good as I do where them lines be drawn.” Aibileen shakes her head. “I used to believe in em. I don’t anymore. They in our heads. People like Miss Hilly is always trying to make us believe they there. But they ain’t.” “I know they there cause you get punished for crossing em,” I say. “Least I do.” “Lot a folks think if you talk back to you husband, you crossed the line. And that justifies punishment. You believe in that line?” I scowl down at the table. “You know I ain’t studying no line like that.”
今天很忙，没有来得及仔细写笔记，我看到这里联想到Aibileen和Minny所谈到的line的问题，我认为这在当时是一定存在的，只是人们不愿提，不愿意面对。
即使是现在，还是有一些所谓的line，作者通过塑造Celia这个无公害的蠢萌角色，想表达的观点也许就是如果你忽视了这条线，你完全不知道如何与其他人相处，完全不知所措，自己做的永远都不对。或者你用Minny的方式去对待，越过了这条线，就会受到惩罚。
