Kathryn Stockett

comedian and actor, once said, “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” In life, there are often many moments that lead to a desire for change, but it takes the actions of the courageous to create an impact on society. Kathryn Stockett’s novel The Help follows the lives of numerous individuals living in the prejudiced town of Jackson, Mississippi. As an aspiring author, Skeeter Phelan does not see the world as black and white, but rather focuses her life on justice…

Movement are topics that might be avoided in everyday conversation due to the immense negative impact the two have had on society. However, in the literary world, the topic is addressed in a number of books. One such example is The Help, written by Kathryn Stockett. The book deals with themes of oppression and segregation during the 1960s and is set in Jackson, Mississippi. The story of Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter is a snapshot of life for African-American maids…

The help is a novel that was written by Kathryn Stockett. It is based in 1962 in Jackson, Mississippi and is about how a white lady called Miss Skeeter who wanted to write a book about what it was like for a black women to raise a white baby and then those babies end up becoming the boss. The main idea in the text is racial discrimination. The help gives perspectives of two black maids and Miss Skeeter. The two black maids are, Aibileen who works for one of Miss Skeeter’s friends Elizabeth…

The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, recapitulated the very different lives of black and white people in a small southern community in the 1960s. The story is significantly influenced by deaths during a period of inequality. In particular, the deaths of two men had major impacts on the black maids in this community and led them to join other maids, Aibileen and Minny, in contributing to Skeeter’s book. One of the deaths was that of Treelore who died well before the idea of the book, nevertheless, his…

Friendship is another huge theme throughout The Help, however, it is not the friendship that most readers would expect. The theme friendship is not shown between any of the white wealthy people, but it is shown between Miss Skeeter and Aibileen. Aibileen is at risk of losing everything in her life for the book her and Miss Skeeter are writing, yet she still opens her home to Skeeter and works day and night to get the book finished. Once the book is finally published, their friendship continues.…

Through written words or ones spoken on a screen, The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a very thought provoking story. The controversies brought up throughout the storyline push us to ponder the rights and the wrongs committed throughout history. Another way to look at the story is through the characters, their relationships, and their feelings. In both the visual representation and the written version of The Help we are able to view these characters intertwine their stories with each other, to…

The novel “The Help” written by Kathryn Stockett and film “The Help” directed by Tate Taylor had many differences some were noticeable while others were insignificant. I believe that in order for the director to achieve variation there were changes made to hold the audience’s attention. The director’s intention was to create a well-illustrated movie that was not identical to the novel, but also not completely separate from the novel. It was important that certain scenes be changed that he may…

End of Year Reading Assignment The Help by Kathryn Stockett is historical fiction. It is a mesmerizing book, with several twists and turns. Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing. She moved to New York, where she wrote The Help. The Help took Stockett 5 years to write and it was declined by 45 literary agents. Now The Help has over 10 million copies sold, a major motion picture, and…

The Help (2011), directed by Tate Taylor, is based on a novel by Kathryn Stockett (2009). Both the literary and cinematic versions had garnered considerable popularity and attention upon their release. The novel stayed on the New York Times Bestseller List for over 100 weeks, while the screen adaptation was the 13th top-grossing film of 2011. The Help was written with the intents to raise awareness toward racial segregation in the southern-set America in the 1960s. While receiving positive…

their outlook on life. These ideas are clearly represented in a novel called The Help by Kathryn Stockett. In this novel, set back in time when segregation was still normal and accepted, multiple events happen to the main characters that cause a change to occur in them. In the novel , The Help, Stockett demonstrates through her characters that a change of events will always alter a person. Initially, Stockett reveals through her character…