The novel, The Help, written by Kathryn Stockett in 2009, is one of those pieces of writing that hits everyone square in the heart. Although maybe not in the same way for every individual, there is something personal and relatable that each reader can take away with them from the story. Many themes and messages are portrayed and intertwined in this beautiful and well written novel. However, I chose love and courage as a main theme, because it was the most prominent to me as a reader. The novel is
Taylor’s film The Help, adapted from the bestselling novel by Kathryn Stockett, provides a unique insight into Jackson Mississippi during the 1960’s. The movie is set during the peak of injustice in Southern America, during the Jim Crow laws and on the verge of the Civil Rights Movement. The story highlights the racial inequality that characterised America, and the unjust life that the help, as a result, had to suffer. It also shows the complicated relationship between the help and their white employers
Rachelle Gardner, a literary agent with Books and Such Literary Agency, noted, “You cannot have an effective protagonist who simply responds to events happening around him or her. Your protagonist must act, not just react.” In Kathryn Stockett’s novel, The Help, Skeeter Phelan proves to be a character of action, and in doing this, she makes changes in her own life. Through the early influence of her maid Constantine, the strenuous journey of the book project, and the consequences of her beliefs,
segregated Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. The groups abused in this time and place were so dehumanized and restricted that there was very little active resistance, even in the face of direct exploitation. This oppressive period is the setting of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help, a story of the fights three women face against the confining forces in their lives. Through characters, Stockett displays how one can gain true strength and empower their beliefs when they overcome their submission and mighty oppressors
Black people are disgusting, and inhuman creatures, or at least that's what white people used to believe. Reality is the opposite of this. We learn through Kathryn Stockett's book, The Help, that it is truly the white people that are a disgrace, and those of color are altruistic and kind hearted. In her book, Stockett encourages the opinion that black people are superior to those of white color, despite their lifestyles and society's opinion of them. What better way to lift up one race, by spoiling
There have only been eleven actresses to ever win the Critic’s Choice Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, British Academy Award, and an Oscar in the same year and Octavia Spencer is one of them. Spencer’s career wasn’t originally in front of the camera. Octavia has seen both sides of the spectrum, and it is clear which side she belongs on. Octavia Lenora Spencer was born in Montgomery, Alabama on May 25, 1970. She is the sixth child out of seven children. She was raised primarily by her
Says Atticus Finch, one of the main characters in “To Kill A Mockingbird” (as he is involved with the main problem of the story). In a similar way, Kathryn Stockett’s The Help presents this message, in which both novels focus on the ability to view from another’s perspective and fully understand. Firstly, the leading characters from each book, Jean, and Skeeter; embark on a journey that leads them to new perspectives