The Help
Imagine knowing something was wrong, but not being able to change it because of what society thinks. Imagine being the only person to ever do something about it. The Help by Kathryn Stockett, focuses on Minny, Aibileen and Skeeter who stand up for equal rights between blacks and whites in Jackson, Mississippi. To do this, Skeeter writes a book about Aibileen, Minny and a bunch of other maids experience of working for white ladies. Throughout the novel Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny have all developed and changed a drastic amount. Skeeter has learnt about who her true friends are, Aibileen has taken risks to stand up for what she believes in and Minny has realized that not all people fall under their stereotype.
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This was just the way she was raised and the way it went in her society. She always had to use a separate bathroom and shop at a different grocery store. While talking to Aibileen, she explained “Not only they lines, but you know good as I do where them lines be drawn. I used to believe in em. I don’t anymore. They in our heads, People like Miss Hilly always trying to make us believe they there. But they ain’t” (367). Here, she is explaining that the separation is just what she is expected to do. But the line is not there, and has never been. She can break the line if she wants to. Also, Minny’s husband was very aggressive, and would always beat up Minny at every wrong thing she did. He was the only thing she was scared of. She finally overcame her fear and left the house with her kids. She said to Aibileen “They fired Leroy last night! And when Leroy ask why, his boss say Mister William Holbrook told him to do it. Holbrook told him it’s Leroy's wife. He came home and tried to kill me with his bare hands!” (514) Leroy was fired because Miss Hilly knew that Minny was one of the people in the book, from the pie story. After that, Aibileen reassured her and said this is the perfect time to finally leave Leroy. Minny finally regained her confidence after that. Minny remained a strong character throughout the story, but became even stronger at
Imagine knowing something was wrong, but not being able to change it because of what society thinks. Imagine being the only person to ever do something about it. The Help by Kathryn Stockett, focuses on Minny, Aibileen and Skeeter who stand up for equal rights between blacks and whites in Jackson, Mississippi. To do this, Skeeter writes a book about Aibileen, Minny and a bunch of other maids experience of working for white ladies. Throughout the novel Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny have all developed and changed a drastic amount. Skeeter has learnt about who her true friends are, Aibileen has taken risks to stand up for what she believes in and Minny has realized that not all people fall under their stereotype.
Skeeter has changed …show more content…
This was just the way she was raised and the way it went in her society. She always had to use a separate bathroom and shop at a different grocery store. While talking to Aibileen, she explained “Not only they lines, but you know good as I do where them lines be drawn. I used to believe in em. I don’t anymore. They in our heads, People like Miss Hilly always trying to make us believe they there. But they ain’t” (367). Here, she is explaining that the separation is just what she is expected to do. But the line is not there, and has never been. She can break the line if she wants to. Also, Minny’s husband was very aggressive, and would always beat up Minny at every wrong thing she did. He was the only thing she was scared of. She finally overcame her fear and left the house with her kids. She said to Aibileen “They fired Leroy last night! And when Leroy ask why, his boss say Mister William Holbrook told him to do it. Holbrook told him it’s Leroy's wife. He came home and tried to kill me with his bare hands!” (514) Leroy was fired because Miss Hilly knew that Minny was one of the people in the book, from the pie story. After that, Aibileen reassured her and said this is the perfect time to finally leave Leroy. Minny finally regained her confidence after that. Minny remained a strong character throughout the story, but became even stronger at