The Help is a thought-provoking novel that teaches readers what life was like as a black woman during the Civil Rights Movement. Miss Skeeter, the main character, writes a compilation of perspectives of black maids working in white homes. The town in which it takes place is one where racial tension has become severe. Because of this, the maids confess their stories in secret to avoid unfortunate punishments for what they are confessing. In the novel, readers notice how punishments for going against the beliefs of white people were unfair, how white ladies treated their black maids and how immoral racial segregation was back then. Since the novel is of significance, it is necessary to understand how it is connected to the past.
First of all, readers learn that punishment for blacks was unfair. These punishments actually happened during the time period that the story took place; they were not just made up to create a compelling story. For example, in chapter fourteen an instance occurs where a black man, Medgar Evers, was shot in front of his children for having views against racial discrimination. In the real world, this instance actually happened. “On June 12, 1963, a sniper shot and …show more content…
Readers learned about instances where blacks had to use their own grocery stores or use separate bathrooms. Instances like this were also taking place in the real world at the time. Some examples of segregation were that black and white children had to attend separate schools, white and colored people were not permitted to be served in the same restaurant and railroad companies had to have separate train cars for blacks. As talked about in the novel, there was a “separate but equal rule” where the facilities for blacks were required to be equivalent to the whites’. In the novel, Hilly creates an initiative about every white home having a bathroom for their own, stating that it is “separate but
First of all, readers learn that punishment for blacks was unfair. These punishments actually happened during the time period that the story took place; they were not just made up to create a compelling story. For example, in chapter fourteen an instance occurs where a black man, Medgar Evers, was shot in front of his children for having views against racial discrimination. In the real world, this instance actually happened. “On June 12, 1963, a sniper shot and …show more content…
Readers learned about instances where blacks had to use their own grocery stores or use separate bathrooms. Instances like this were also taking place in the real world at the time. Some examples of segregation were that black and white children had to attend separate schools, white and colored people were not permitted to be served in the same restaurant and railroad companies had to have separate train cars for blacks. As talked about in the novel, there was a “separate but equal rule” where the facilities for blacks were required to be equivalent to the whites’. In the novel, Hilly creates an initiative about every white home having a bathroom for their own, stating that it is “separate but