Help

If someone was wanting to read a book that had words so powerful, almost offensive to some, and brilliant to others, one may suggest The Help by Kathryn Stockett. It is a novel about a white woman in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, attempting to do something no one ever has before; write a novel about what it’s like for black women to work for white families. Although Stockett never meant for the words on the pages to be offensive, they did have a purpose. She used this novel to reflect her own life…

the book The Help, the protagonists keep an important secret in order to bring an understanding into the community about segregation and racism. There is always a reason why people should keep secrets, not only for their own benefit, but also for the benefit of others. Both the foundation of the movie and the book’s plot is about keeping the writing of an illegal book a secret. Skeeter, one of the protagonists, interviews a black help, Aibileen, in order to write a book called Help If word gets…

There are always some people who do not agree on the fact that The Help was a book that was meant to show positive sides of what the blacks did during the Civil Rights Movement. The book, The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, only showed how the black women were very weak, kept their opinions to themselves, and were always very afraid of what the white women would do to them if they did the smallest thing wrong. Some of the actions that the women took made it seem like they were completely under the…

The Help directed by Tate Taylor, is set in the early 1960s. The story follows the Southern society girl Skeeter Phelan after she returns from college to Jackson, Mississippi in hopes of becoming a writer. Skeeter begins interviewing black maids to learn about their experiences serving prominent white families. Although The Help gives the perspective of the black maids in this time period, The Help focuses too much on a white protagonist and does not focus enough on the stands that were taken…

Kathryn Stockett’s ‘The Help’ is a novel that takes place in Mississippi and portrays the roles of women in 1960s and the limitations imposed on them by society. The women in the novel struggle to overcome what society has deemed as right and in turn they establish bonds with other women over shared problems. The white socialites have built social barriers between themselves and the African Americans domestic workers based upon their beliefs that blacks are lower class and diseased. In…

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…

“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 and equality for all. However,…

The Help is a deeply moving story that shines a lot of light on some of the common trials that African Americans experienced during the Civil Rights era. Of course however, any novel (and/or movie) is only as good as its main characters. One of the core protagonists, Aibileen, a black maid in the wealthy Leefolt household, is incredibly significant in this story. Her character is able to connect with the reader due to three of the main qualities she possesses: strength, love, and intelligence…

Ela Gonzalez Pd 1.3 8/24/15 The Help Symbol Analysis In the novel, The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, a white socialite named Skeeter Phelan explores the racial prejudice and social classes in Jackson, Mississippi by writing the life stories of African – American maids who tend for white families. Stockett utilizes the toilets and bathrooms symbols to emphasize the theme of racial discrimination and its prominence in 1960’s Mississippi. The repetitive mention of bathrooms and toilets in the…

The Help, a book based in the mid-1960s, is an astonishing read in which the author, Kathryn Stockett, brings to attention three very different lifestyles. In The Help, Aibileen Clark, a black maid who takes care of a white child named Mae Mobley Leefolt; Minny Jackson, a black maid who is insistent on speaking her mind; and Euginia ‘Skeeter’ Phelan, a white amateur journalist who reaches out to Aibileen and Minny to write what it is like to be a black maid. The book starts in the August of…