The Help Movie Analysis

The Help is about a young white woman, Skeeter Phelan, trying to bring attention to the reality that black women, aka “the help” face daily. The movie is set in Jackson, Mississippi at the height of legal segregation and racial tension. The movie takes a historical issue and applies humor in order to appeal to larger audiences. The Help accurately depicts the white supremacy of the segregated South, but is historically inaccurate in its portrayal of characters, mood, and overall unrealistic appeal of the 1960s United States.

For a start, let’s talk about racism within the movie. Some would argue that the movie doesn’t live to its full potential for the black community, mostly because of this type of “white savior” complex that it develops through the main character. This implies that not only are the black of the community not able to stand for themselves, but that it takes a white person to save them from their condition. It should also be noted that while yes, Skeeter does share the profits with the Aibileen and Minnie, she, the white woman, is most likely the one that will obtain the most future profits, even though, in their

The main characters of The Help include Aibleen Clark, Eugenia ‘Skeeter’ Phelan, Hilly Holbrook, and Minny

With the evidence found from the racial slurs used towards the black man, no one seeming to care what he has to say or what he does, and Crooks being separated from everyone else in the bunkhouse, there is proof to show the racism throughout the story. In the past and still to this day racism is a huge issue in our world and it is definitely brought upon in the book. The way the men treat the stable-buck and the way whites used to treat blacks are very similar. Crooks is handled very unfairly just because he is black and that clearly shows just how disturbing racism was and still is

“ Some of these early productions have racial themes which reorganize the world in such a way that black heritage is rewarded over white paternity; they are schematic renunciations of the prevailing order of things in white American society where, historically, the discovery of black blood meant sudden reversal of fortune, social exclusion, or banishment.” (Gaines, P.3) Within the movie the amount of mistruths about African Americans was sad. Within the movie you notice that the blacks were always or seem to be yelling, acting uncivilized and doing

The Help, A novel written by American author, Kathryn Stockett in 2009 tells the story of black maids working in white home. Setting in Jackson, Mississippi during 1960s, the society is obviously segregated into two groups, whites and blacks. Although there is some variety in economic and social class, race is the first determinant of a person's place and whether or not having right to access to educational, occupational, and economic opportunity. Racial tensions are high because white community members employ violence and coercion to possess the Civil Rights Movement from sweeping into their Mississippi town. The unfair practices of post-colonization make the lives of the town's black members so difficult.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett, is a book set in the early 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, told by three different women: Abilene, Minny and Skeeter, in each of their perspectives. Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan is a graduate student whose dream is to become a writer, but when she tries for a position at the local newspaper, she is given the job of writing housekeeping tips.

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.

No matter what a person’s skin color is if they were black, white, pink, or anything, they are still a person and should be treated with respect. Things are so racist throughout the book and it’s a good way to show what the world used to be

Discrimination has shown up tremendously in this movie, but one of the few incidents that stood out the most to me was when the women decided to give separate bathrooms to the maids because they carried too many “diseases” that would harm others if anyone made contact with. This was very ridiculous because the bathrooms were placed outside and some were even miles away from the house, so if it was a storm the maids would have to

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.

A Tate Taylor film, The Help (2009) emphasizes the extreme, racially-charged stereotypes thus endorses racial thinking. Blacks in this film are represented broadly as common house maids, or domestic slaves, but specifically as oppressed, unhappy, impoverished, and products of hardship through the utilization of racist stereotypes and juxtaposition with the lives of affluent whites in the southern United States, a juxtaposition which immortalizes the racial gap between whites and blacks.

“The Help” is a movie about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi. The two black maids, Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, tells their side of the story to a young white woman, Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan, who is a journalist who decides to write a book from the maids point of views. Skeeters intention for writing this book is exposing the racism they receive while working for white families in Jackson. Aibileen Clark takes care of white children and helps raise them and cleans around the house, while her best friend, Minny Jackson, is an outspoken black maid but has a quick short temper which gets her into trouble later on. Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan is a white single independent woman, she earned a double-major

Through dialogue Skeeter has a conversation with Minny about why she would want to help the “worthless” race in their society. Skeeter announces “I wanna show her perspective, so people might understand what it’s like from your side”. Minny responds exclaiming sarcastically “it’s what we dream of doing all day long. Get back into they house, polish the silver... we just love not making minimum wage or getting social security”. This comment is in reaction to the constant marginalising that is against the African American community. It represents their availing quality of life and what the white citizens used them for, therefore deeming them unimportant. The definition states that “they are excluded from the benefits of society”. This is exactly the case as Minny states that they don’t even make minimum wage or receive social security as the rest of society would.

Not only does The Help show historical importance but was also revolutionary during that time period and now. Growing up Skeeter maid was Eugenia. Skeets says that she sometimes felt that the only person in the world who really understood her was the family’s “help” (The Christian Science Monitor). In the scene when Skeeters mom fired Eugenia it shows her walking out, and stopping at the door to look back and walk away from the people she had worked for her whole life and raised their kids. As Skeeter