When Handful willfully takes a bath in Sarah's majestic copper bathtub, the first thing I thought of was the movie called, "The Help". This movie is about a young white woman and her relationship with two black maids. Both the movie and the Invention of Wings reveal the defiance of this black maid and Handful .
The clip above is the scene when the black maid, Minny, uses the guest toilet due to the tornado and gets caught by the lady of house. However, she doesn't seem to be guilty or ashamed at all. Rather, she is rebellious and demonstrates strong defiance by flushing the toilet to make the lady of house heard. Similarly, in the invention of Wings, Handful also shows defiance toward Sarah when she gets caught of taking bath in Sarah's room. When she gets caught, instead of giving her an apology, she tells her, "I know you're angry, Sarah, but I didn't see any harm with me being in the tub, same say you" (115). Here, she even starts to call Sarah without saying "Miss" because she begins to see Sarah as equal as her.
In both movie and book, their defiance acts as the turning point of the story. After their rebellious act in the bathroom, both Minny and Handful builds up their bravery, standing up against the inequality. Their first revelation of defiance was significant because it reveals not only their desire toward freedom, but they also believe in the direct actions for their equality. Even though their bodies are trapped in the slavery, their minds are on their own.
sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-g9PX-cAWs
The clip above is the scene when the black maid, Minny, uses the guest toilet due to the tornado and gets caught by the lady of house. However, she doesn't seem to be guilty or ashamed at all. Rather, she is rebellious and demonstrates strong defiance by flushing the toilet to make the lady of house heard. Similarly, in the invention of Wings, Handful also shows defiance toward Sarah when she gets caught of taking bath in Sarah's room. When she gets caught, instead of giving her an apology, she tells her, "I know you're angry, Sarah, but I didn't see any harm with me being in the tub, same say you" (115). Here, she even starts to call Sarah without saying "Miss" because she begins to see Sarah as equal as her.
In both movie and book, their defiance acts as the turning point of the story. After their rebellious act in the bathroom, both Minny and Handful builds up their bravery, standing up against the inequality. Their first revelation of defiance was significant because it reveals not only their desire toward freedom, but they also believe in the direct actions for their equality. Even though their bodies are trapped in the slavery, their minds are on their own.
sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-g9PX-cAWs