Skeeter’s triumph wouldn’t have been attainable without help from the maids, particularly the courage they required to share their stories. Many of the maids refused to share their experiences in fear of being discovered by the town’s whites. Aibileen Clark is amongst those who refuse. Until she is convicted at church one day, when a young, black male preacher looked out into the congregation and said, "Courage isn't just about being brave. Courage is daring to do what is right in spite of weakness of the flesh." (The Help, 2011) Aibileen is sure God is speaking directly to her, and she understands she must do something about it. She becomes the first of the maids to tell Skeeter her stories, knowing it would be written down, perhaps published
