Kathryn Janeway

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…

claims the suspect was in possession of a gun, however it was not found in the scene which left her stunned. While Megan Turner attempts to clear her name, there were mysterious brutal murders happening and the serial killer is still on the loose. Kathryn Bigelow attempts to create a female lead that infiltrates masculinity traits. In the beginning, we thought that Turner is a male because she has short hair and is dressed in a cop uniform. Most cop films always show male protagonists who…

Out of all the novels in the world, there is a book that everyone should get the option to read. The novel, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, is a book that a reader can not put down and wants to keep reading it to find out what happens next. In the story, the reader gets to read through the life of black maids and a white woman in their perspective to see how life in this time period was like. Miss Skeeter, the white woman’s perspective in the novel, has decided to write a collection of stories of…

The Hurt Locker tells the intense day of a specialist bomb disposal unit during the Iraq war led by Sergeant Thompson. It follows the daily work in Baghdad of three U.S. Marines, who make up a bomb disposal unit, as they specialist. These soldiers are in charge with carrying out one of the most dangerous jobs in the world that is defusing enemy bombs planted in war zones. When he dies during a mission, Sergeant James an unpredictable and reckless soldier takes his place and commands the unit.…

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 greater the obstacle, the more glory of overcoming it.”, said by Moliere relates to The Help solely because it is based on obstacles that are put upon the characters in the book. The Help by Kathryn Stockett, is mainly about three women who are trying to overcome the racism of their time by writing a book, all while telling their stories. Ms. Celia's treatment towards Minny compelled Minny to believe she should be treated as a person. Minny is the new maid to Celia Foote, and once Minny…

The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, is a book that can really -help- you to see what America was like during the 1960s. Stockett writes about Jackson, Mississippi telling stories about the Help and their white bosses. I would recommend reading this book for two main reasons: The cultural insight, and the pure joy of reading this book. The Help dives right into the heart of southern cultural, especially that of Civil Rights. We have characters like Hilly Holbrook, set that the separation of…

for the movie as we see the negative consequences that war has on the people involved. Kathryn Bigelow has directed the two war films, The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty in which she has a very clear style which can be analysed to make meaning of the texts. Both texts explore the idea of voyeurism and are focussed on the battle that the main protagonist has with themselves and others they associate with. Kathryn Bigelow’s style includes challenging the expectations of the audience and…

Film acting at its core is designed to replicate the way we, humans, naturally behave to a certain degree. Certain films may feature characters more believable than others on their exterior, but an essential quality of nearly every protagonist is to be imperfect. Just as humans are flawed on an individual basis, characters in film have their own unique set of disadvantages. Because of this, we see a reflection of ourselves in the character as they are always looking to improve themselves or…

The book’s foundation is racism and segregation where the plot builds upon the foundation. There are a lot of morals and lessons which the writer, Kathryn Stockett, emphasis throughout that book. The book gives a variety of characters where we can find ourselves reflected, even if it is just a little bit of our behaviors. Through this, we, as readers, realize that even in our subconscious that we are…