Help Essay

Through written words or ones spoken on a screen, The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a very thought provoking story. The controversies brought up throughout the storyline push us to ponder the rights and the wrongs committed throughout history. Another way to look at the story is through the characters, their relationships, and their feelings. In both the visual representation and the written version of The Help we are able to view these characters intertwine their stories with each other, to create a novel that they could be hung for. Both representations allow us to feel as if we are in Mississippi, sitting next to Hilly at bridge club, sneaking to Aibileen’s to tell our story, we can even feel the pain of Mae Mobley when Aibileen is forced…

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 (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…

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…

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…

I have watched Beatles movie “Help!”, and I find it very interesting since the story is entertaining and their songs are enjoyable. Beatles are shown performing in this movie. The movie describes a story that Ringo wears a ring that makes him a sacrificial victim of an eastern cult. The Clang and the mad scientist Foot are going after the Beatles for the ring. The movie ends up with Ringo getting off the ring and being free from the sacrificial victim. There are some Beatles songs in the movie,…

The movie “The Help” is based on the book which I have never read even know I bought it. The only thing I know about book was the basic facts which is that it was told by the black women who were maids in the 1950s and 1960s. But I knew it was written and published by a white woman. That is all I can say about it. And I’m glad, because it gave me very few assumption to go with. Before I go on I won’t be laying any spoilers here. Because when people do that, I want to kick them in the butt.…

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…

Asking for help is something that has always been a difficult task for me. As a social worker in the making, it is always hard for me to understand why individuals in need have a problem with seeking help or support, when I have the same difficulties. I never paid much attention to this, but its an eye opener now that I’m thinking about a time in my life where I needed to ask for help. Some would classify me as being prideful, but I would not identify myself as such, nonetheless very…

Friendship is another huge theme throughout The Help, however, it is not the friendship that most readers would expect. The theme friendship is not shown between any of the white wealthy people, but it is shown between Miss Skeeter and Aibileen. Aibileen is at risk of losing everything in her life for the book her and Miss Skeeter are writing, yet she still opens her home to Skeeter and works day and night to get the book finished. Once the book is finally published, their friendship continues.…