Character Comparison Of Eugenia Skeeter Phelan And Alan Ward

However, Hilly’s vindictive lies and manipulation strike a certain fear in the inhabitants of Jackson that no gun ever could. As stated by Abileen “A woman ain’t gone beat you with a stick. Miss Hilly wouldn’t pull no pistol on me. Miss Leefolt wouldn’t come burn my house down. No, white womens like to keep they hands clean” (221) For the help, getting on Hilly’s bad side could ruin their lives forever. One little word from Hilly’s mouth could have a maid fired and on the streets. Hilly also has influence over the white women in Jackson who she can turn into social outcasts. Although Skeeter is aware of this she seems to be able to ignore it in favor of Hilly’s more caring attributes and does not fully understand the consequences of Hilly’s actions, “she don’t know about the sharp shiny utincels a white lady use. About that knock on the door late at night “(224). Throughout the novel as Skeeter matures she begins to see the true nature of Hilly. Skeeter starts to doubt the good nature behind Hilly and upon talking with all of the maids she becomes fully aware of all of the suffering Hilly has caused. She realizes that Hilly is not just treating the help as inferior but spreading false rumors, “she told everybody I did and wasn’t nobody in town gone hire a sass-mouthing thieving Nigra for a maid and I might as well go head and work for her for free” (398), that cause maids to lose their jobs or even be thrown in jail like Yule

The most recognizable similarity is that Tom Robinson from To Kill A Mockingbird, and Janie from Their Eyes Were Watching God, went through a trial.They were both African Americans with the jury being "twelve white men [who] had stopped whatever they were doing to listen..." (Hurston 185). They were also both charged for a crime they did not commit. However, this is where the contrasts come into play. In Tom's case, he was accused for raping and beating Mayella, when in reality he did not. In Janie's case, she shot Tea Cake to defend herself, but was accused of first degree murder. The biggest dissimilarity in this is that Tom's verdict was guilty and Janie's was innocent, whcih was rare for that time because "when it was a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins" (Lee 220).

He got the idea from a book called “The Invisible Man”, and Aibileen decides to help Skeeter with it because of Miss Hilly. Unlike the book, Skeeter comes up with the idea of writing what it’s like to be a black maid working for a white family herself, and Aibileen chooses to help her with it because of God and Miss Hilly. Near the end of the book, Aibileen gives Skeeter a copy of “The Help” signed by everyone that helped out. In the movie, the church (filled with everyone who helped the book) gives Aibileen a signed book.

The three girls working together begins to create the solution to the main conflict. The main conflict in this case is blacks are being treated in a way that is not fair. They are being treated as if they are disease carrying things. Skeeter wants to change that perspective on people. That’s why she wants to write a book on how black maids are treated in Mississippi. “I turn and hear Pascagoula’s knock on my door. That’s when the idea hit me. No. I couldn’t. That would be . . . crossing the line.” - (Page 104) This was foreshadowing what Skeeter would do next. It let the reader know what was going to happen. Minny and Aibileen are there to help Skeeter with her book. They are the interviews. At first, the book starts out with Aibileen doing a normal day of work. She notices the Skeeter isn’t like all the other ladies. She’s more polite. When Skeeter gets a job at the local newspaper she starts to go to Aibileen for help with the Miss Myrna articles. She is even willing to pay her to help her. “ ‘For your help,’ I say quietly, ‘ I’ve put away five dollars for every article. It’s up to thirty-five dollars now.’ ” (Page 126) This shows that Skeeter is quite

Again shown in chapter 12, Hilly and Elizabeth come to show their opinions on black people. “Hilly raises her voice about three octaves when talking to black people. Elizabeth smiles like she's talking to a child, although certainly not her own. I’m starting to notice things.” In this quote Skeeter notices that because of the racial prejudice in within the community, black people are also thought to be less intelligent than the white people. Skeeter only realized this by the way Hilly and Elizabeth talked to black people the same way they were as if they were talking to a little kid. While Skeeter kept writing the book and eventually published it, She was hoping that people would realize

Although characters may not appear to be similar on the surface, some can be found by digging deep. Two unexpected characters in Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, clearly have many similarities along with differences. To Kill a Mockingbird captivates a racist town through the eyes of six-year-old Scout. Tom Robinson has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell, the daughter of Bob Ewell, an alcoholic living on welfare. Scout’s father Atticus, is attempting to prove the innocence of Robinson, a black man, who is accused of rape; an almost hopeless case in such a segregated city. Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell both have a reputation that precedes them, and both face discrimination. Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell have different personal

Mrs.Skeeter’s story could be a strong supporting plot to the journey of the two black maids, Aibileen and Minny, but instead her story is the main focus of the movie. This simple fact makes the film seem to almost downplay the racist attitudes towards black people in the 1960s. The movie could've gone down a much more horrific and revealing plotline if they had made Aibileen or Minny the main character. If the director had gone down this path the movie could have communicated a much deeper message and would have allowed the watchers to be revealed to some first hand accounts of racism. Although the movie does tell some stories of the two black maids quite well with some of their perspective shown, throughout the entire movie there seemed to be a “sugar coating” over everything. It was as if the producers wanted to “protect” their audience from how far the racist attitudes went and the horrific fallout from those attitudes. Also, parts of the movie seemed almost irrelevant to the main message and goals of the protagonists. Take for example the sub-plot of Skeeter finding a man. Despite it doing a good job of incorporating a secondary plot, this entire section could have been removed for something that better related to the theme of the movie. They could've put in more about the pasts of either Aibileen or Minny to further communicate how society viewed down upon black people and saw them as little better than rodents. Within the movie, the fact that Skeeter is the main character at all almost seems to take away from the other two protagonists, Aibileen and Minny. A lot of the time in the movie the heavier parts are broken up by the lighter more bright plot line of Skeeter. An example of this within the movie is when a black person is shot by a member of the KKK, and Aibileen has to run back to Minny's house and compose herself with Minny. This entire scene is extremely tense and is wonderful at

“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.

At first, writing Help was just a way for Skeeter to get attention from publicist Elaine Stein, so she could get a job in New York and become a Junior Editor. However, after Skeeter put her plan into motion, began to hear the stories of the black maids across Jackson, and became closer to Minny and Aibileen, her intentions begin to change. Finally, after finding a book about Jim Crow laws; laws that were obviously unfair and unjust towards black people, Skeeter’s idea of writing a tell all book turns into an act of rebellion. She could no longer approve of the way her friends ran their life, and their household, when so many good people, like her own maid Constantine, were treated unfairly because the color of their skin . I would say she

Each story signifies equality and justice, but differ in how they are stated. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the author writes the fictional novel in a first-person view and uses serious and comical parts to grab the reader’s attention. For example, the citizens view the comical character, Dolphus Raymond, as the town drunk and is a comical relief during the court case. However, as he is talking to the kids in a comical manner, he is still viewed as an outcast for living with African-Americans and having kids of both races (Lee 203). The kids are prejudice towards him and his children even at a young age. On the other hand, the story of Emmett Till is a nonfictional event that uses a horrific murder to show racism.

Stockett’s novel is created around segregation and the human rights time in USA. The novel is about Skeeter, a young white woman who decides to write a novel about black maid’s life in Mississippi. Skeeter asks for help from a number of maids for instance Minny and Aibileen. The people of Jackson is very close-minded

She states that she feels she has been “dropped off in a place I don’t belong”. Skeeter also begins to notice the differences between hers and her best friends. She becomes aware that “Hilly raises her voice about three octaves when talking to black people. Elizabeth smiles like she's talking to a child, although certainly not her own. I'm starting to notice things.”

The story takes place in Jackson, Mississippi, and tells the story of a young woman named Skeeter. Like Scout, Skeeter witnesses several forms of discrimination. When faced with discrimination, Scout and Skeeter stand up for what they think is right. When Scout is discriminated or witnesses

Although the maids were struggling and going through a difficult time in 1960’s, The Help portrays that their family members were too. Segregated society against the backdrop of the growing US civil rights movement in the 1960’s has an impacted. “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” (Shmoop Editorial Team). The white community in the movie continue to keep the black women as their servants throughout their lives. As Skeeter the white lady, who writes a book about The Help and portrays through the book that the African American women go through. As the white women of Jackson, Mississippi read the book they began to act more violent to the black women. The book is away as the black women to make a statement about the civil rights they have.

Part 2 Skeeter is one of the only White characters in the book with an open mind. This