The Help, a novel written by Kathryn Stockett (2009), is a story portraying the struggles of living in this time period as a wealthy white woman or a poor African American maid. The story is mainly told from the point of view of two black maids named Minny and Aibileen, who dared to go against all the rules of their society and assist in the writing of a book written by Miss Skeeter to tell what it would really be like being to be a black maid in Jackson, Mississippi. This story takes place amongst
Aibileen Clark is a black maid in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960’s. She comes from generations of domestic workers and family that were slaves. Even though she excelled in school, especially in writing, she had to dropout to support her family. Aibileen spent years loving and raising her employer’s children realizing that someday they could be her future employers. Aibileen struggles to keep her strength, pride and intelligence bottled up inside. She fears that if she speaks out and defends
Lennie and George, who work laborious jobs on farms. The Help is a 2011 film based on 2009 novel. The film is set in 1963, Jackson, Mississippi and racism is the overpowering theme of this story. Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan (referred to as Skeeter throughout the film) is an aspiring writer, with an independently thinking mind. Along with the help of Abelieen Clark and Minny Jackson, Skeeter tells the stories of the maids (referred to as the help) and the racism they face from working for white families
Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of raping a white woman. Even though there is pressure on Atticus to not accept the case, he agrees to defend Tom. Atticus has two children, Scout and Jem, and he wants to teach them against prejudice. Like in The Help, Calpurnia, the Finch’s cook, is treated like family. Atticus does not believe in the superiority of one race and is in disagreement to the unjust society: "You aren't really a nigger-lover, then, are