Analysis Of The Movie ' The Help '

The Help tells the story of a young, white woman trying to write a novel to expose the reality that black women face in the south. Though the film highlights some important parts of the Civil Rights struggle, it downplays the extent of the issues. Though it perfectly portrays the terrorizing reign of whites over blacks, overall The Help is historically inaccurate by stereotyping characters, telling a good vibes only story, and making an unrealistic case to hit a target

African American’s role in this country has been long and has never been easy. During the early years of the United States, African Americans endure the hardship of slavery and had to deal with beatings, harsh working conditions and constant yelling from their racist white owners. Even after the abolishment of slavery, African Americans still endure another one hundred years of discrimination. A perfect way to examine a pivotal time in American History of African Americans and the racism they went through is seen in the movie “The Help”. The movie is set to take place “in Mississippi during the 1950s-1960s, Skeeter is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends ' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families.” (The Help) The movie was originally based on a book written by

The movie, The Help, is based on the book written by Kathryn Stockett. It was released in 2011 and directed by Tate Taylor (Taylor, 2017). The Help is set in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960’s, and it is about the experiences black women had as maids for white families. These women decided to risk it all and tell their stories in an effort to show what is was really like for them (Taylor, 2011). The Help illustrates how these women fought racism and prejudice by becoming unified with one another. This paper will address how prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping, and inequality affect the characters and their relationships in the story.

In society, it is very common for people to jump to conclusions and make rash judgments of people who seem to differ from the societal norm. The novel, The Help, was set in Jackson, Mississippi, in the times of segregation. In The Help, the societal norm was the mistreatment of African Americans. The white women used and abused the African American women as house slaves. Despite, those culture and social habits around them, Celia Foote and Minny Jackson managed to create a friendship and bond that continued to grow and strive throughout the book.

The book “The Help”, written by Kathryn Stockett, is a book that takes place in Jackson, Mississippi, around the 1960's, when the blacks were segregated from the whites. The story is mainly about a black woman Aibileen whose main job is to take care of children as well as to handle household duties. Along the way they meet a woman Skeeter's whose lifelong dream is to become a writer however the only job she can find, is with the Jackson Journal writing a housekeeping advice column which she knows very little about. To succeed in the job, Skeeter turns to her friend's maid, Aibileen, for answers and help to write the column.

“The help” film is a perfect representation of how the south was and gives an idea on how bad African Americans were treated even if they were being paid and not only that but it also shows how different everything was back then. For example, as shown in the movie the women back then were quite different from today. Skeeter the main character is described as a very independent woman compared to the rest of the white female characters. She doesn’t seem to have an interest in men now but considers finding a dependable job unlike the other white females. Skeeter was also an educated woman and even had a bachelor’s degree. Back in that specific time frame this was rather odd for a lady to be educated. Skeeter tries to advocate for the events that are occurring within southern homes by writing the experiences of the Jackson, Mississippi’s black maids. Meanwhile, the film shows southern culture in great detail.

The legal system during the time of the help benefited the white and harmed the black because of the segregation laws that were passed. In the book, The Help, all the maids were afraid of telling their stories. If their white bosses were to find out they would be in bad trouble. The black maids just had to abide by the law and everything would be fine. The legal system in 1960 was different than it is today. Now a day’s people get in trouble for discriminating blacks. People like to see each other as an equal person, with equal rights. The white children were even taught that mistreating a black person was ok because that’s just how the law was. Back in the 1960s children were raised to treat blacks with little respect. They were taught that

Taking place in Jackson, Mississippi, the time period of The Help, the 1960’s, about a hundred years after slavery had been abolished, African Americans were still suffering from the torment of white people, and their discrimination against the African American community. Throughout The Help, the isolation and poor treatment towards African American citizens was documented thoroughly.

The movie ‘The Help,’ is based in Jackson, Mississippi in 1963, which is directed from a black women’s view of how they go through life being a maid for a white women. In the beginning Skeeter ask, Aibileen; “What does it feel like raising a white child when your children are at home are being raised by someone else?” Aibileen was at loss of words, because years ago she had lost her son. Aibileen is a kind woman trying to make her living being a help for Elizabeth Leefolt.

Kathryn Scott’s The Help takes place in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s. This movie emphasizes tense racial conflicts that dominated the South during this post-World War era.  Segregation of whites verse blacks was a prevailing and dominating theme of the decade. The Help attempts to depict this time period by focusing on a white woman, Skeeter Phelan, who aspires to become a journalist. Society considered Skeeter as an oddity for wanting to leave her family and pursue an education. She goes against all social norms and secretly asks her maid, Aibileen, to help her write a book about the lives of maids. Despite the overwhelming danger associated with their relationship Aibileen agrees and even encourages other maids to take part. The intention behind Skeeter Phelan’s book was to spark a movement and change the way white people view their help. The Help suggests that education is the only route to social change.

The movie “The Help” was based In the early 1960’s in Jackson, Mississippi. During this period of time it was very segregated, very much so that whites did not want African Americans to have contact with them, but were expected to fully take care of their children from birth to adulthood. Most of the African American maids later developed a strong bond with the children that they looked after. They tried teaching the kids to see no color, just to later witness them grow up to be brainwashed by the world to think of African Americans as less than. Except for one southern girl named Skeeter Phelan, who saw the equality in everyone. And one day she decided to interview the maids to get their perspectives on life and to get their story out to the world. At first the maids were hesitant because it would be serious consequences if anyone knew who exactly spoke up, but Skeeter did whatever she could to make sure all the maids were anonymous and no one knew. She risked many hardships like losing her relationship with her boyfriend and also building tension with the women of the Junior League. Successfully the maids stories got out and it opened eyes little by little.

The Help has a plot that tells about American history and how times have changed over the decades. It shows what the lives were like of many different people in the 1960’s. In the 1960’s there were many racial boundaries that stopped African Americans from being free as well as separated them from the same rights that the whites had. The theme is represented by the main conflict in this story. A white lady named Skeeter writes a book to show the lives of African American maids in the 1960’s,

The Help a film released in 2011 is based in the 1960’s during the civil rights movements. A young white woman raised by a black maid is a writer seeking to become an honest published journalist. The publishers she is working for offered her the chance to write anything she wanted, and when she proposes to write about the social injustices that black men and women are going through the writing company did not oppose the idea, but doubted that she will be able to complete her task. Along the way, the audience is shown the social and ethnic inequalities among the area of Mississippi. While the mistreatment of black women is occurring, the young journalist pushes for black people to speak up but no one will talk.

To explain the movie plot, we must remember that the film takes place in the south during the Civil Rights era. In the

Society has changed and evolved throughout time. Perhaps one of the most significant changed in contemporary American society is the treatment towards African Americans. “The Help” a feature film directed by Tate Taylor is based on the non-fictional novel “The Help” written by author Kathryn Sockett. The feature film explores the life of African American maids of Jackson Mississippi, in the early 1960’s. The 1960’s displayed all African Americans to being left out of the “American dream” through neglect and racism. African Americans faced prejudice and discrimination in almost every aspect of their life, from jobs to housing and even their education. They were denied the right to sit at the same lunch counter or use the same public rest