Film Summary Released in 2011, The Help is an American period drama film which focuses on the experiences of two African American maids during the Civil Rights Movement. One of the maids (Aibileen Clark) works for Mrs. Leefort, a woman suffering from postpartum depression while the other maid (Minny Jackson), a woman with extraordinary culinary skills, works for Mrs. Walters. The two maids eventually become the subject of Eugenia Phelan’s book. Eugenia Phelan …show more content…
Absolute (R). As stated earlier, left-wing advocates see everything as flexible and permissive. It always depends on mitigating circumstances, particularly in areas concerning morality, the rule of law, and politics. Right-wing advocates, on the other hand, see the world in black and white, where the distinction between right and wrong is clear-cut and non-negotiable. Hilly Holbrook also sees the world in black and white, not within the contours of morality but within the ambit of racial politics. In her view, skin color is a qualifying attribute of the human species, which inadvertently determines the one’s place in society. Thus, if one is black, then one has no right whatsoever to complain his/her current status in American society. One’s place in society is therefore a matter of skin color, that is, a matter of