Today’s racial films give us glimpses into the dark and dangerous lives of various slaves an activist. They allow us to see just how powerful the impact of segregation and slavery were on society and how dangerous it was to differ from the norm in those times. The Help and the butler are two gripping racial movies that depict the hard and dangerous the lives of black Americans in the 1950’s, both movies have various similarities, ranging from their production to their plot, but also carry various and extreme differences that make both movies very insightful and unique.
The help and the butler are both set in the 1950, a time where segregation still reigned and people of back descents were still treated as low class humans. Both movies follow …show more content…
These movies both show us how fear can effect of our lives but in two very different ways. In The Help characters like Aibileen and Minny display how fear can control you into staying silent, both the maids are hesitant to really open up to Skeeter during their first few interviews and are scared of the outcome that contributing to Skeeters book can have but instead of allow this to stop them they sort out an alibi to cover themselves from harm if the book was ever discovered to be written by the towns maids. They understand that their society is unfair and want to make a difference but are just fearful of what that difference could lead to, they allow their fear to motivate them rather than stop them. This is a contrast to The butler where we see how fear can take control of individuals and cause them to turn a blind eye. Cecil’s unknowing allows his fear to control him to point where he develops a new view on the way the world works. With him witnessing his father’s murder, after stand up for his mother, Cecil develops a habit of allowing others to fight his battle rather than fighting them himself. He spends majority of the movie stuck in a world where he believes that all the presidents that come into office will with make it their mission to make the world an equal place for all races and discourages his son from openly fighting for the rights of …show more content…
Both Cecil and Aibileen, show us how with the right environment or help people can learn to respect themselves and get over their fears. They both place themselves in situations where the learn about the true meaning of their place in society and the power that they hold and through both positive and negative interactions these characters are able to overcome personal challenges the face and grow for the better. By the end of the movies Aibileen and Cecil are able to leave their jobs taking strength and comfort from the fear that once kept them trapped there. The theme of growth does not just stop with the main characters though; it also effects all the supporting character in the movies. For example, in The Help we see how Celia Foote changes Minny into more of an open and kind person, she grows past the hatred she has for white families and learns that no all families are the same. Even people like Charlotte Phelan grow past their need to fit into society and lean to fight for what they think is right. While in The Butler we see how different presidents grow after witnessing the effects of major civil rights rally’s. Almost all the characters in both movies are able to grow because of one another and become stronger and wiser then they were
The help and the butler are both set in the 1950, a time where segregation still reigned and people of back descents were still treated as low class humans. Both movies follow …show more content…
These movies both show us how fear can effect of our lives but in two very different ways. In The Help characters like Aibileen and Minny display how fear can control you into staying silent, both the maids are hesitant to really open up to Skeeter during their first few interviews and are scared of the outcome that contributing to Skeeters book can have but instead of allow this to stop them they sort out an alibi to cover themselves from harm if the book was ever discovered to be written by the towns maids. They understand that their society is unfair and want to make a difference but are just fearful of what that difference could lead to, they allow their fear to motivate them rather than stop them. This is a contrast to The butler where we see how fear can take control of individuals and cause them to turn a blind eye. Cecil’s unknowing allows his fear to control him to point where he develops a new view on the way the world works. With him witnessing his father’s murder, after stand up for his mother, Cecil develops a habit of allowing others to fight his battle rather than fighting them himself. He spends majority of the movie stuck in a world where he believes that all the presidents that come into office will with make it their mission to make the world an equal place for all races and discourages his son from openly fighting for the rights of …show more content…
Both Cecil and Aibileen, show us how with the right environment or help people can learn to respect themselves and get over their fears. They both place themselves in situations where the learn about the true meaning of their place in society and the power that they hold and through both positive and negative interactions these characters are able to overcome personal challenges the face and grow for the better. By the end of the movies Aibileen and Cecil are able to leave their jobs taking strength and comfort from the fear that once kept them trapped there. The theme of growth does not just stop with the main characters though; it also effects all the supporting character in the movies. For example, in The Help we see how Celia Foote changes Minny into more of an open and kind person, she grows past the hatred she has for white families and learns that no all families are the same. Even people like Charlotte Phelan grow past their need to fit into society and lean to fight for what they think is right. While in The Butler we see how different presidents grow after witnessing the effects of major civil rights rally’s. Almost all the characters in both movies are able to grow because of one another and become stronger and wiser then they were