The Help

novel turned film titled The Help

Kathryn Stockett’s novel The Help tells the story of African American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s. The novel focuses on the relationships between the maids and the families they work for, as well as the racism and prejudice they face on a daily basis. The Help was adapted into a film in 2011, starring Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Emma Stone.

The Help is a novel by Kathryn Stockett about African Americans working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s. The novel has three main characters: Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter. Aibileen is a black maid who has worked in white households for most of her life. She is a kind and wise woman who takes care of Skeeter when she is a child. Minny is another black maid who is Aibileen’s friend. She is a feisty woman who speaks her mind, even if it gets her into trouble. Skeeter is a white woman who has just graduated from college and wants to be a writer. She is the daughter of a wealthy family but she is not content with the life of a debutante. She starts to write a book about the African American maids’ experiences, with the help of Aibileen and Minny.

The characters in The Help are similar to the characters in other books by Kathryn Stockett in that they are all struggling with issues of race and class. The Help is set in the early 1960s, during the Civil Rights movement, and the characters must grapple with the changing world around them. In addition, all of the characters are struggling to find their place in society, whether it is in the white world or the black world.

The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, is a heart-wrenching and powerful novel about race relations in the early 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi. The novel centers around the lives of black maids who work for white families, and the relationships between the maids and their white employers.

The novel is told from the perspective of three different women: Aibileen, a black maid who has spent her life working for white families; Minny, a black maid who is Aibileen’s best friend; and Skeeter, a white woman who has just graduated from college and is trying to find her place in the world.

The novel is incredibly well-written and engaging, and it will leave readers thinking long after they have finished reading it. It is a must-read for anyone interested in race relations, the Civil Rights Movement, or simply a good story.