In Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s, “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett shows what life was like for black maids taking care of white families. Stockett does a good job of showing the difference between real life and fiction. She knows that race is a fact of life and how society can determine what people see you as. “The Help” is a community of black people who bring up white children and take care of their homes. The book is narrated by three women, Minny; a black maid who has a big mouth and has a temper, Aibileen; another black maid who is taking care of her seventeenth family, who is the complete opposite of Minny, she is always quiet and would never disobey her boss and Miss Skeeter; white woman who wants to become a big-time journalist
