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The Help
- themes
- racism
- Racism is the main theme of the film. African-Americans were still considered to be low class if
they were considered to be a part of society at all. They treat the black maids poorly because they
believe that they are stupid and inferior. Some treated them as animals and acted as if the people
were diseased. This thought permeated the society as shown in the film, so strongly that people
were installing "colored bathrooms" in their houses so they would not have to share with the
help.Miss Hilly openly expresses the belief that African-Americans are figuratively and literally
“unclean,” prone to moral depravity and infectious diseases not carried by whites.
- Racism is the main theme of the film. African-Americans were still considered to be low class if
they were considered to be a part of society at all. They treat the black maids poorly because they
believe that they are stupid and inferior. Some treated them as animals and acted as if the people
were diseased. This thought permeated the society as shown in the film, so strongly that people
were installing "colored bathrooms" in their houses so they would not have to share with the
help.Miss Hilly openly expresses the belief that African-Americans are figuratively and literally
“unclean,” prone to moral depravity and infectious diseases not carried by whites.
- society and class
- The Help shows us the inner workings of a segregated society against the backdrop of the growing US
Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Although there is some variety in economic and social class, race is
the number one determinant of a person's place in Jackson, Mississippi. Race also determines who has
access to educational, occupational, and economic opportunity. Racial tensions are high as white
community members employ violence and coercion to try to keep the Civil Rights Movement from
sweeping into their Mississippi town. At the same time, it shows us how, against all odds, Skeeter, a
white woman, daughter of a cotton family, joins together with Aibileen and Minny, two black women
who work as maids, to challenge the unfair practices that make the lives of the town's black members
so difficult.
- The Help shows us the inner workings of a segregated society against the backdrop of the growing US
Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Although there is some variety in economic and social class, race is
the number one determinant of a person's place in Jackson, Mississippi. Race also determines who has
access to educational, occupational, and economic opportunity. Racial tensions are high as white
community members employ violence and coercion to try to keep the Civil Rights Movement from
sweeping into their Mississippi town. At the same time, it shows us how, against all odds, Skeeter, a
white woman, daughter of a cotton family, joins together with Aibileen and Minny, two black women
who work as maids, to challenge the unfair practices that make the lives of the town's black members
so difficult.
- violence
- Set against the volatile backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement, The Help looks at how the white
community in a Mississippi town uses physical and other forms of violence against its black
citizens to try to stop the flow of change. It explores domestic and workplace violence through
Leroy's beating of Minny, Elizabeth's beating of Mae Mobley, and through the stories of the maids
who have been raped and brutalized on the job by their employers.
- Set against the volatile backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement, The Help looks at how the white
community in a Mississippi town uses physical and other forms of violence against its black
citizens to try to stop the flow of change. It explores domestic and workplace violence through
Leroy's beating of Minny, Elizabeth's beating of Mae Mobley, and through the stories of the maids
who have been raped and brutalized on the job by their employers.
- racism
- characters
- aibeleen clarke
- Aibileen is a gracious, gentle woman who earns her living as a maid and from taking care of the
children of white families, most recently the Leefolt family. She has been a maid since age
fourteen.She has raised many white women's children as if they were her own. She dotes on Mae
Mobley, their two-year-old daughter. She still mourns the loss of her son, Treelore, who died in an
industrial accident. It is the loss that motivates her to take part on Skeeter's project to document
the lives of maids in Mississippi.
- Aibileen is a gracious, gentle woman who earns her living as a maid and from taking care of the
children of white families, most recently the Leefolt family. She has been a maid since age
fourteen.She has raised many white women's children as if they were her own. She dotes on Mae
Mobley, their two-year-old daughter. She still mourns the loss of her son, Treelore, who died in an
industrial accident. It is the loss that motivates her to take part on Skeeter's project to document
the lives of maids in Mississippi.
- minnie jackson
- Minnie has worked as a maid all her life, but frequently find herself dismissed from her cleaning
jobs due to her sarcastic comments. She has a reputation of having a big mouth, but also being a
superb cook. Her cakes and pies are well known. She is a very strong woman. Minnie tells it like it
is. She has five children whom she loves deeply, but her husband is extremely violent towards
her.She starts out working for Miss Walters (Hilly's mother), but when Hilly puts her in a nursing
home, Minny finds herself working for Miss Celia, a kind but mysterious outsider with whom she
develops a close relationship.
- Minnie has worked as a maid all her life, but frequently find herself dismissed from her cleaning
jobs due to her sarcastic comments. She has a reputation of having a big mouth, but also being a
superb cook. Her cakes and pies are well known. She is a very strong woman. Minnie tells it like it
is. She has five children whom she loves deeply, but her husband is extremely violent towards
her.She starts out working for Miss Walters (Hilly's mother), but when Hilly puts her in a nursing
home, Minny finds herself working for Miss Celia, a kind but mysterious outsider with whom she
develops a close relationship.
- skeeter pheelen
- Skeeter is a twenty-four-year-old college graduate, who was raised by a black maid, Constantine.
Skeeter is college educated and, after having returned to her home town, realizes that she is very
different from the other women she grew up with as a child. She had the idea to write the book
from observing the relationships between black maids and their white employers all her life.
Since she was raised by a black maid with whom she identified, she does not see a difference
between herself and the black maids. She and her mother never got a long. She perceives herself
as different than the other white women in her social group in Jackson. She feels like an outcast.
- Skeeter is a twenty-four-year-old college graduate, who was raised by a black maid, Constantine.
Skeeter is college educated and, after having returned to her home town, realizes that she is very
different from the other women she grew up with as a child. She had the idea to write the book
from observing the relationships between black maids and their white employers all her life.
Since she was raised by a black maid with whom she identified, she does not see a difference
between herself and the black maids. She and her mother never got a long. She perceives herself
as different than the other white women in her social group in Jackson. She feels like an outcast.
- hilly hollbroke
- Hilly is a mean-spirited racist and high society southern woman. She is the undisputed leader of
the Junior League (a women's organization), and all of the other white women in the town do
whatever she says. She is married to William, who is an aspiring politician. She was Skeeter's best
childhood friend along with Elizabeth Leefolt, but later events cause a rift between the women.
- Hilly is a mean-spirited racist and high society southern woman. She is the undisputed leader of
the Junior League (a women's organization), and all of the other white women in the town do
whatever she says. She is married to William, who is an aspiring politician. She was Skeeter's best
childhood friend along with Elizabeth Leefolt, but later events cause a rift between the women.
- aibeleen clarke
- main
events
- celias hiring minnie.
- Celia's hiring of Minnie is a significant event in the novel, as it allows Minnie to discover
that a white woman and a black woman can maintain a successful maid/employer relationship
and even friendship. Celia does not see color even when she should, and the relationship she and
Minnie develop is a beautiful foil to what is happening in so many other homes in town. They love
and respect one another, something which is not the norm here; they also share a disdain for
Hilly which brings them both great pleasure.
- Celia's hiring of Minnie is a significant event in the novel, as it allows Minnie to discover
that a white woman and a black woman can maintain a successful maid/employer relationship
and even friendship. Celia does not see color even when she should, and the relationship she and
Minnie develop is a beautiful foil to what is happening in so many other homes in town. They love
and respect one another, something which is not the norm here; they also share a disdain for
Hilly which brings them both great pleasure.
- telling of the story
- important events is when Aibileen, Elizabeth's maid, agrees to describe to Skeeter her
experiences as a maid. When Skeeter first asks, Aibileen refuses. She is afraid, and doesn't know
about if she can trust this white woman—who is also a close friend of her employer.
- important events is when Aibileen, Elizabeth's maid, agrees to describe to Skeeter her
experiences as a maid. When Skeeter first asks, Aibileen refuses. She is afraid, and doesn't know
about if she can trust this white woman—who is also a close friend of her employer.
- celias hiring minnie.
- links to jasper
jones
- racism
- Jasper being seen as the criminal , the town using him as a 'scapegoat' as
jasper is an young Aboriginal boy ."Beacause a girl goes missing in this town
and its jasper jones who is held,threatened and belted for days."
- the african american maids being treated as inferior to the white people and
the hate directed toward them in respect to their race.Miss Hilly openly
expresses the belief that African-Americans are figuratively and literally
“unclean,” prone to moral depravity and infectious diseases not carried by
whites.
- Jasper being seen as the criminal , the town using him as a 'scapegoat' as
jasper is an young Aboriginal boy ."Beacause a girl goes missing in this town
and its jasper jones who is held,threatened and belted for days."
- courage
- Jeffery Lu's courage in persisting to try and bowl in his cricket match although
receiving consistent sledging. '' he's smiling lazily, and pressing on with infinite
optimism."
- courage is shown continuously throughout the help.for example when AIbeleen
agrees to hep skeeter to write the book, this takes an enemies amount of
courage as the consequences for her actions could potentially be life threatning.
- Jeffery Lu's courage in persisting to try and bowl in his cricket match although
receiving consistent sledging. '' he's smiling lazily, and pressing on with infinite
optimism."
- violence
- The violent arrest of yule may.When Hilly uses her influence to have Yule May
sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary, we can see how the legal and
penal systems can be used to inflict violence as well.
- the police brutality towards jasper jones and the violence shown to Lu family
by the community.
- The violent arrest of yule may.When Hilly uses her influence to have Yule May
sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary, we can see how the legal and
penal systems can be used to inflict violence as well.
- racism
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