286 l.6). She thinks they are the most loving and kind people, and she is very much in love with their cooking, especially Big George's barbecue.
Idgie: she treats all people the same, no matter what colour they are, and she is always out to help the ones that need it, even if they are black. She serves black people food from the café through the kitchen door, despite the fact that she knows she could get into trouble with the KKK. She also does everything in her power to get Artis out of jail, because she does not think of Sipsey, Big George, and Onzell as servant, but as friends. In the trial for the murder of Frank Bennett, Idgie testifies in favour of her and Big George, even though she could have been able to get out of the charge if she had blamed Big George because he was a black man, she firmly stood by his side, even though she knew her life was at stake, and when she is asked is Big George had something to do with the killing, she answers, "No sir-(p.340 l.11). At the end of the book it is also revealed that she was the mysterious Railroad Bill, who helped many of the poor black homeless people, something that, if discovered, would have got her killed.
Ruth: she is very sweet towards coloured people, and she wants to help them but is afraid, she supports Idgie in everything she does, and even though she knows that helping the coloured people could get Idgie killed, she, with time slowly understands Idgie's motive for doing so, and even inherits a bit of Idgie's sense fairness and equality. Just before Artis dies he thinks back on the people in Whistle Stop, " Miss Idgie and Miss Ruth they treat you white- (p.373 l.26), which I think really shows how they treated coloured people. .
In the next part I will describe the way the Peavey children experience the racist society, they live in.
Naughty Bird: she comes down with pneumonia as a little girl, and the only way she is going to survive is if she eats, but she will not eat, before she has met the elephant Miss Fancy.
