The Help Book Report
Title: The Help
Author: Kathryn Stockett
Text type: Novel
In the novel ‘’ The Help’’ written be Kathryn stockett it is written focusing on the lives of black maids during the 1960s and all of the issues and problems that black people had to deal with during this time period. It is set in Mississippi during the 1960s and focuses on the lives of black maids and a 22 year old lady Skeeter who has just graduated from university. Throughout the book Skeeter is fighting for the civil rights of the black maids that have worked for her and her mates, by writing a book of the terrible stories that the have been through. Throughout the book there were many issues and actions that people did were interesting to read about and the opinions that different characters had on them.
One of the biggest issues in the book that I think is how racist the whites are towards the black, throughout the book the blacks are always being treated badly, for example the blacks have to use different toilets from the whites, because apparently they carry diseases that the whites could catch if they do use the same toilets. “I think that this shows the extent that the racial context went to, and now days it seems stupid that this was actually happen, it is also …show more content…
she even showed enough courage to start conflict in her group of friends in order to stand up for what she believed was right and publicized the stories of many black maids and there hard ships even though there was no one else within her southern woman community standing up for the same ideas and morals as she was she kept showing courage to be different and make a stand for the black maids. “This quote shows how Skeeter shows courage within her community and trying to always convince people within the community to change their thoughts and
Author: Kathryn Stockett
Text type: Novel
In the novel ‘’ The Help’’ written be Kathryn stockett it is written focusing on the lives of black maids during the 1960s and all of the issues and problems that black people had to deal with during this time period. It is set in Mississippi during the 1960s and focuses on the lives of black maids and a 22 year old lady Skeeter who has just graduated from university. Throughout the book Skeeter is fighting for the civil rights of the black maids that have worked for her and her mates, by writing a book of the terrible stories that the have been through. Throughout the book there were many issues and actions that people did were interesting to read about and the opinions that different characters had on them.
One of the biggest issues in the book that I think is how racist the whites are towards the black, throughout the book the blacks are always being treated badly, for example the blacks have to use different toilets from the whites, because apparently they carry diseases that the whites could catch if they do use the same toilets. “I think that this shows the extent that the racial context went to, and now days it seems stupid that this was actually happen, it is also …show more content…
she even showed enough courage to start conflict in her group of friends in order to stand up for what she believed was right and publicized the stories of many black maids and there hard ships even though there was no one else within her southern woman community standing up for the same ideas and morals as she was she kept showing courage to be different and make a stand for the black maids. “This quote shows how Skeeter shows courage within her community and trying to always convince people within the community to change their thoughts and