The Help Flashcards
author of The Help
Kathryn Stockett
When and where was Kathryn Stockett born?
Born 1969 in Jackson Mississippi
What connected her life to this book
- African American maid- Demetrie
- Source of comfort to Stockett
- Passed away when she was 16
9/11 and this book
- Experienced 9/11
- Sad experience
- homesick
- Started writing from Demetrie’s prespective
- Realized what a sad life she must have led
how long did it take to write the book
5yrs
where does the book take place
Take place in Jackson Mississippi in the 1960s
what was happening in the 1960s in America
- Under the Jim-Crow laws that imposed racial segregation
- seperate hospitals, bathrooms, graveyards and even schools
Civil rights movement
focused on what part of the civil rights movement
Focuses on an especially low point of the civil-rights movement the violent murder of activist Medgar Evers.
When was the book published
2009
What is the genre of the book
historical fiction
Literary period of the book
contemporary
Quote, key idea: white people deceive themselves into thinking that all black people are activists.
“but the truth is, I don’t care about voting (…). What i care about is, if in ten years, a white lady will call my girls dirty and accuse them of stealing the silver.”
quote about maids and white children they raise
it come in every white child’s life—when they start to think that colored folks ain’t as good as whites.
quote about apperance being deceitful skeeter
Ugly live up on the inside. Ugly be a hurtful, mean person.
quote about the divisions in society
Aibeleen
Lines between black and white ain’t there neither. Some folks just made those up, long time ago.
Main point of deception in “The Help”
Judging people off of their appearence
examples of deception of appearance
- Skeeter being called ugly by her mother but being in the end the one that accepts the black maids
- The black maids being seen as worst, lesser than, disgusting etc for their skin colour
- Celia being judged by Minny thinking she’s weak due to her tight clothes and makeup but then turning out to be strong and corageous
Skeeter
Writes a book about ending racism
Aibeleen
Works as a maid, son died in a car accident
Minny
mother of 5, also a maid (talks back)
Hilly
Friend of Skeeter, antagonist, “black people carry differente diseases from us”
Celia
She had several miscarriages, outside in the social circle
Stuart
Skeeter’s bf
Deception (Black maids)
They are forced to live a life of deception as they can’t show their real feelings to keep their jobs
Quote deception of Black Maids
“you is kind. You is strong. You is important”
Deception Skeeter
She performs a type of deception due to secretly meeting with the maids to write the book whilst simultaneously keeping friends such as Hilly.
Deception Minny
Hides her employment from her abusive husband
Individual deception highlights what?
struggles within the rigid societal hierarchy
