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The Help By Kathryn Stockett: Chapter Analysis
Te’Oushama Logan
Ms.Samuel
British Lit
October, 22 , 2015
Do you believe that things would be differently if the time frame was changed? In the book “The Help” Kathryn Stockett writes about African American maids that took care of different Caucasian families on a daily bases. Racial and social class not being fairly equal because of the way characterization was towards one another. The setting in the book “The Help” made a huge difference on the way things went about.
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