The Help: Comparing The Book And Movie

mean there are only small little things that are different in the book and movie.

To start off, the director did keep most of the characters looks and personalities the same in the movie as in the book. Some differences were that in the book Skeeter is big and tall, but the movie has her slender and average height, if not shorter. Hilly is portrayed in the book as a dark haired woman, whose weight increased throughout the timeline in the book, but in the movie, she is thin and stays that way through the whole movie. Also in the movie, Skeeter’s maid, Constantine, is shorter that Skeeter, although

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

The actor choices from the film compare to what the book envisioned, but also contrast. The character of Daisy is not similar in the film to what the book

When watching the film, the first difference the viewer can see between the book and the movie is how the characters are portrayed. A notable example would be Carlson. In the film,

A few factors in the movie are altered from what was in the book. In the book, there is a

Skeeter reacts by saying saying, “maybe we should build you bathroom outside”. She later goes in the kitchen and says to abillens that she feels sorry for what she has to hear that. She believes that black people are not dirty and they don't carry diseases. She believes that everyone is the same, and skin color doesn't matter to determine if they are pure or not. Skeeters reaction to discrimination helped her make a change throughout her writing

Other large things that happen in both the book and the movie includes the pie incident between Hilly and Minny, Skeeter’s mother fighting off cancer, and the bond that is formed between Aibileen and the children she takes care of, (Stockett, 398, 434, 520). The conclusion of the story remains the same as well: the book becomes very popular, Miss Skeeter acquires a job in New York, and Aibileen gets fired from her job which coincidently actually leaves her feeling free, albeit sad. These similarities were important to show the theme of the

Skeeter tries to behave as a proper Southern lady: She plays bridge with the young married women; edits the newsletter for the Junior League; and endures her mother's constant advice on how to find a man and start a

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.

Although the movie and the book are very similar, there are noticeable differences that capture the audience's attention. If the reader was very attentive, they would notice that there is a willow tree outside of Skeeter’s house, but in the book this tree was not there. They might also notice that even though the main characters are the same, other characters are very different. For example, Charlotte Phelan, Skeeter’s mother, has a more positive attitude at the end of the movie, whereas in the book she remained hateful. One scene in particular, which demonstrates her changed attitude, is when Hilly shows up and Charlotte stands up for Skeeter. In the book, she just goes to bed. These slight changes are important because they make the viewer

Based off of Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 novel, The Help is a movie told from an African American’s point of view during the early 1960’s in Jackson, Mississippi. The three main characters include, Aibileen Clark, Minny Jackson, and Eugenia (Skeeter) Phelan. Skeeter is a young writer who has recently returned from the University of Mississippi. She has been advised by the Elaine Stein, who is the head editor at Harper & Row, to write about a topic she is passionate about, that way she can continue her dream of becoming a serious writer. In addition, Skeeter accepts a writing job down at the Jackson Journal where she writes a housekeeping column. Ironically, she has no housekeeping experience as she grew up with in house help. In order to keep her job she goes to Aibileen, her friend Elizabeth Leefolt’s housekeeper. At this point in her life, Aibileen is just trying to get by. She writes out her prayers on a daily basis as a way to clear her mind since she is fairly reserved on the outside. On the contrary, Aibileen’s friend Minny is also a housekeeper, but she has a rather sharp tongue which doesn’t usually work in her favor. Consequently, she is trying to find a new employer, but is having trouble since there is a bit of discord between her and the most influential socialite in Jackson, Mississippi.

1. difference is that in the book that John is only at chapter 5, but John is always in the movie it never did talk about him in the story. 2. Charlie never gave John something in the story, but the movie show that befor he left he gave him some leaf like sprit thing and John gave charlie a necklace he said that “ its a traveler necklace”. 3. In the movie it show that John enter a chanllge he said “ that buck could pull a thousand pounds” he did to they beted $1000 dollars.

The movie The Help by Tate Taylor on the importance of the 1960’s society. In Taylor’s work he often portrays the struggle and difficulties of black women. The pain and frustration that those women who were oppressed by the white society, are contributed in the movie. The Help, a movie about race and class relation in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960’s. Has profound the historical importance because the impact it had on Africa American women during that time period. The movie is noteworthy for its aesthetic scene in the film. Lastly it has moral significance because it portrays the racism going on during that time period.

To start, the whole conflict in The Help is when a young woman, Skeeter Phelan, decides to write a book about the “coloured help”, it is an idea that has never been attempted before and would be all the rage as of the recent events with Martin Luther King Jr and protests around the country. When Skeeter approaches Aibileen to help by giving her some stories Skeeter is shot down instantly and is told by Aibileen “there is a reason no one has ever written anything like this before”. Skeeter is unaware of what could happen to her in Jackson if she publishes this book, she runs around looking for maids with no real understanding of what is at stake. She goes on to check the Mississippi laws realizing that it is more than just