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The world is a pretty tough place in which to survive let alone live in. We may think we know it all intuitively. I believe everyone needs a helping hand, unless they are born privileged. A controversial topic is whether students should continue their education to be successful. Some say you do not have to attend college to be successful. However, there are multiple benefits to attending college, such as opportunities to build character, networking and job related skills. American’s have a…

They say it was the calmest night they had felt in ages, but I did not notice. Every time she was around I felt a constant fire burning inside of me I couldn’t put out. Until that night, the night the fire died, and I have never felt it again. It seemed as if it was like a Nicholas Sparks movie, but this ending is all too far from being happy. This ending is not the beginning of a new life, and it is not a miracle. This ending, is just that. An ending. It was a cold December night, and the…

Helping the Community During this winter quarter, the unit that I really liked the most was the one based on empathy because that unit made me think about more on why I need to help others in need. When I read the article “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” by Peter Singer really helped me realize that I do not need to be spending money on luxuries but instead donating that money to charities. As he states, “Again, the formula is simple: whatever money you’re spending on luxuries, not…

She dropped out of high school to get a job to help her parents pay for bills. When she got married things started to look up but then her husband lost his job. She gets odd jobs to help put food on the table. The house keeps getting worse and worse they never have enough money to fix it, they barely have enough money for food. Even with her small jobs she never had…

The Help by Kathryn Stockett takes place in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960’s. At this point in history, people of European ancestry are still held to a higher degree than African Americans. This leads to most white families hiring colored maids, referred to as the Help, who have less opportunities and privileges than the people who hire them. Over the course of the novel, the reader takes the story from the point of view of three women: Aibileen Clark, an older black maid who was born and…

pursuing a nursing career is because i want to help those in need. I also want to become a nurse to show my younger siblings that you can do anything you want, and that your gender or preference in sex does not define your career. You do not have to be a women to become a nurse, and you definitely do not have to be a man to fly a plane.…

The Help movie was set in the 1960’s during the civil rights movement. It is about a smart, southern girl named Skeeter, who everyone just so happen to adore. She just returned from college and decided to move back home in Mississippi. Skeeter then decides to be a writer. Not just any writer, but a writer that interviews black women who have spent their whole lives taking care of prominent southern families. She starts of with one lady named Aibileen, who opens up to her about the hard times and…

The Help makes a social statement by disclosing the stories of coloured maids in Jackson, Mississippi through a young white lady, Skeeter, who aspires to be a writer. It is a bold risk for a white lady cross the line of segregation by writing a book about the lives of black maid in the south. The novel struggles with the subjects of racism, segregation, white privilege, and other civil rights issues during the 1960s. It can be extremely difficult to stand up for what you believe in when everyone…

The Help Questions The main character of my book was Aibileen Clark, a black maid working for a white family in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, and she was a dynamic character. Throughout the story, Aibileen was trying to get over the recent passing of her son, Treelore, and she was wary of her boss, Elizabeth, and the other white women in Jackson. The treatment of the help is poor, and they do not have a say in the community. This all changes when Skeeter, a recent college graduate, comes to…

The Help (2011) Similarly, in 2011, The Help, was released, starring Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis. The film is about a young white woman, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, and her relationship with two black maids, Aibileen Clark (Viola Davis) and Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer), during the Civil Rights era in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi. Skeeter is a journalist decides to write a book from the point of view of the maids (referred to as "the help"), exposing the racism they are faced with…