The civil rights movement is also introduced in these chapters when Skeeter's mother discovers Skeeter watching the national news with Pascagoula looking on. Marches and protests are being organized across the country which will eventually impact Jackson, too. Skeeter's mother chastises her daughter for "encouraging" the help, but it is clear that the world is changing and the way race relations have been in the South will not be tolerated in the future.