Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help” is a novel that reveals the prejudices of southern “class”.
The novel is based in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960’s and focuses on three main characters: recent college graduate Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan and two black maids, Aibileen and Minny. As a southern gal, Skeeter is supposed to behave like the other esteemed women in her society and strive to become a housewife. However, Skeeter’s dreams are to live as a writer. One day,
Skeeter receives a letter from a publisher in New York asking her to expose the truth about servant life in the south. With the wary help of Aibileen, Minny, and about a dozen maids,
Skeeter anonymously writes about their personal experiences and confesses the truth about southern hospitality provided by …show more content…
Lastly, the endings in the movie were slightly flawed. In the book, after getting fired,
Aibileen gets a job writing for the newspaper, the Jackson Journal. In the movie, Aibileen is fired and her character’s future is not revealed. In addition, Minny does leave her husband for abusing her in the movie, but what the movie left out was that she finally left him after he tried to murder her. Chavez 3
Personally, I favored watching the movie “The Help” over the book. I do appreciate the small details included in the book, however, I would rather spend two hours of my time watching something come to life rather than spending two days trying to visualize every detail. For people who have time, like to visualize and create characters in their minds, and appreciate small details,
I would recommend reading this book. For people like me who like to hear real voices, sound effects, and music, see real people, and spend less time on something, I would recommend watching the movie. Either way, however, the book and the movie are both fantastic and I would recommend reading or watching “The Help” to anyone and
The novel is based in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960’s and focuses on three main characters: recent college graduate Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan and two black maids, Aibileen and Minny. As a southern gal, Skeeter is supposed to behave like the other esteemed women in her society and strive to become a housewife. However, Skeeter’s dreams are to live as a writer. One day,
Skeeter receives a letter from a publisher in New York asking her to expose the truth about servant life in the south. With the wary help of Aibileen, Minny, and about a dozen maids,
Skeeter anonymously writes about their personal experiences and confesses the truth about southern hospitality provided by …show more content…
Lastly, the endings in the movie were slightly flawed. In the book, after getting fired,
Aibileen gets a job writing for the newspaper, the Jackson Journal. In the movie, Aibileen is fired and her character’s future is not revealed. In addition, Minny does leave her husband for abusing her in the movie, but what the movie left out was that she finally left him after he tried to murder her. Chavez 3
Personally, I favored watching the movie “The Help” over the book. I do appreciate the small details included in the book, however, I would rather spend two hours of my time watching something come to life rather than spending two days trying to visualize every detail. For people who have time, like to visualize and create characters in their minds, and appreciate small details,
I would recommend reading this book. For people like me who like to hear real voices, sound effects, and music, see real people, and spend less time on something, I would recommend watching the movie. Either way, however, the book and the movie are both fantastic and I would recommend reading or watching “The Help” to anyone and