did whatever Kenny wanted so that she could stay in her comfortable routine. Her life has taught her through the divorce of her parents and her break-up with Kenny for a younger girl that she needs to do whatever will keep other people happy. By living with Isabel, she was able to conquer both of these issues. Isabel wouldn’t set a schedule so it forced Harriet to decide what she wanted to do with her life, when she wanted to eat, when she wanted to write, when she wanted to take a walk on the beach. It was all up to her. Another person at Isabel’s that helped her conquer her self-consciousness was Pete DaSilva, the handyman. Pete and Harriet immediately get along because she associates herself as part of the Help. After months of long walks on the beach and exchanging looks at Isabel’s extremes, Pete and Harriet realize their love for one another. He was the type of lover that was completely opposite from Kenny, “he didn’t run his hands down my sides and frown at my hips, didn’t make disparaging remarks or trace any blue veins with a reluctant finger. If anything, he stopped for a few seconds when I was out of my clothes and took the kind of breath that could only be interpreted as appreciation. I forgot all my guidelines and my self-consciousness” (339). He made her feel beautiful on the outside which was the block she had placed on herself that had to be met before should would allow herself to be beautiful on the inside. By removing herself from the surroundings that suppressed her, she was able to find what she wanted in life and enjoy it.Isabel Krug was like no other, she was blonde, big-breasted, and felt as if the world revolved around her. Everywhere she went she “swept in like a movie star soaking up atmosphere for an ethnic character role” (84). Unlike Harriet, she was all about sex and made sure the attention was on her. The reason she hired Harriet was t...
