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Hilly’s aging mother and Minny’s employer at the beginning of the novel, Miss Walters is a kind but senile woman who appreciates Minny’s outspoken personality. She shows that she is a good-humored woman with a sense of justice when she sides with Minny during the incident with the “special ingredient” pie.
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Miss Walters Character Timeline in The Help
The timeline below shows where the character Miss Walters appears in The Help. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...“Skeeter” Phelan and Miss Hilly Holbrook. Both women are also twenty-three. Miss Hilly’s elderly mother, Miss Walters , also arrives. Miss Skeeter offers a friendly greeting to Aibileen but Miss Hilly walks...
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After Miss Hilly and Miss Walters leave, Aibileen finds Miss Skeeter waiting for her in the kitchen. She asks Aibileen if...
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Chapter 2
...of maids surrounding Minny, who’s entertaining them with stories of her deaf and crazy employer, Miss Walters . Aibileen sits beside Minny and warns her that Miss Hilly complained about her. Offended...
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Chapter 3
...offers her two dollars an hour – twice as much as she was paid at Miss Walters’ .
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Chapter 25
At the end of the night, Hilly’s mother, Miss Walters , comes over and says she was the one who bid on the pie. Walters...
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Chapter 26
...person not worth getting upset about. Minny explains how she lost her job working for Miss Walters (Hilly’s mother) after Hilly put her mother into a nursing home. Hilly, then, started spreading...
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...it to Hilly, who thinks it’s a peace offering. Hilly has two big slices. When Miss Walters asks for a piece, Minny says she shouldn’t have any because the pie has a...
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