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"The Help" is set in the early 1960's in Jackson, Mississippi. The main characters are three women named Aibileen, Minnie, and Miss Skeeter. Aibileen and Minnie are colored maids working for white families. Miss Skeeter is the daughter of a white family who owns a cotton farm. Her family employs field workers and maids that are colored.

Miss Skeeter has just returned from college and wants to be a writer. After witnessing the mistreatment of the maids, she decides she wants to tell the truth about the lives of the colored maids in Mississippi. Miss Skeeter must gain the trust of the maids in order to write the book.

Miss Skeeter builds a friendship with Aibileen. So, Aibileen helps Miss Skeeter find more maids who will tell their story about their lives as maids. The stories are about things both good and bad, and it gave a voice to the maids.

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I would highly recomend this book. If you like a well written novel this book is for you. It describes the lives of both colored and white women in the early 1960's in Jackson, Mississippi. It is an eye-opening view into the lives of some very interesting characters. The writer capters your attention and paints a picture so clearly that you feel like you are a part of the story and you don't want to put the book down.

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The resolution of the book was the actual publishing of the book that shared the life stories of twelve maids. It was the maids' opportunity to enlighten the world about the struggle of working black women in the 1960's. These brave women took a stand against the white families that they worked for. They risked their lives to expose the mistreatment and segregation of all blacks.

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The theme of my story is that it shouldn't matter if you are black or you are white. Sadly, rasism and hatred towards blacks still exists today. In the book "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett, the author states,"'He was a real nice Martian, Mister King. Looked just like us nose, mouth, hair up on his head, but sometime people looked at him funny sometime, well, I guess sometime people was just downright mean.... Cause he green." (Stockett, 349-350) This quote means that Martian Luther King is just like every white person, but they judge him because he is black. Another quote from my text that supports my theme is when Aibileen says,"'So we's the same. Just a different color,' say that colored girl. The little white girl she agreed and they was friends." (Stockett, 235) This quote means that even though someone has a different skin pigment, we are all just human being

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One external conflict that happened in the book is between Miss Hilly and Minny. Miss Hilly was very racist and treated Minny like she was worthless. Minny had enough of Miss Hilly's attitude, so she made her a "special" pie. Miss Hilly's attitude and treatment of blacks lead Minny to be brave enough to tell Miss Skeeter her life story.

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One internal conflict that all of the maids went through during the book is whether or not they should share their stories with Miss Skeeter. This is an internal conflict, because if they shared their stories they could be caught and killed. If they don't share their stories, then their working conditions and the racism wouldn't change.

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Aibileen
Aibileen was a black maid working for a white lady named Miss Leefolt. She lost her child because of the white men that he worked for. She loves working as a maid for houses with young children. She gives the children love when their mothers are ignorant. She decides to use her story to try to make a change in the world.

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Minny
Minny is a black maid who is working for a white lady named Miss Foote. She has five children whose names are Leroy Jr, Benny, Felicia, Sugar, and Kindra. She has a fierce spirit and is not afraid to say what is on her mind. Following in her best friend Aibileen's footsteps, she shares her story to create a change in her world.

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Miss Skeeter
Miss Skeeter is a white women who has a maid named  Pascagoula. She has no children and still lives with her parents on their cotton farm. She has seen what Aibileen and many other maids have to go through everyday, so she decides to write a book about their everyday experiences. She feels that this will help change what is happening to them.

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Jackson, Mississippi 1962