The story begins
in August 1962 and is narrated by 53 year old Ailibeen, who is a black maid who
takes cares of white babies. Ailibeen trys to escape for the night and to have
a break, but it is almost impossible to sneak out for the night. She is still
motivated to sneak out at least once, she has to plan it out. After a few weeks. Ailibeen managed to make a
plan and is planning to use it. Her plan is to put pillows in her bed and then
sneak out of the window, while the whole house is sleeping.. Therefore Ailibeen
attempted to try the plan out, it did work. She was able to sneak out in the
middle of night and she did roam the city alone, as she was a free women. She
still had to go back to the house before everyone woke up. A couple of days
later everyone in the house started acting weird towards her. She noticed that
they were not interacting with her and also that they had put locks on all the
windows. Ailibeen was thinking if they founded out that she left the house. Now
Ailibeen is scared and she is very alert about the situation.
Well I think
that what Ailibeen is going through is not right at all (although it certainly does not happen today) At that
time black people were still discriminated, and slavery was abolished at this
time. However they treated Ailibeen like a slave which was not right. I do feel
sorry for Ailibeen for what she is going through no one should be able sneak
out so just they can have a good time (freedom).
For this selection
to take notes, I will use a list. I will write down important facts and
thoughts. For this story there is a lot of facts, turning points etc. So the
list note taking strategy is perfect for this selection
