The Help

The main character in this book, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, Aibleen faced a lot through this entire book. The theme would be people can help another to grow just by all of the racial problems going on. This book takes place back the 1960’s when the Whites and African Americans were separated from each other. Except when the African Americans would be the maids for the Whites. That’s why this book is called ‘The Help’ because they are the help. In this book, Aibleen faces a lot of problems dealing with people talking about her because of her race. She is still recovering from her son, Treelore, dying.

Skeeter, a journalist, decides to get the helps stories and wants to make a whole book out of it. The whole time they are doing this and telling their stories, they have to hide what they are doing because basically what they are doing is illegal and they could get in BIG trouble doing it. Throughout the book, Aibleen and Skeeter try to find other women who are help to White families so they can add to the book that Skeeter is writing. At first, people are hesitant at helping but in the end, they decide to help her out.

This book is really good and it’s my second time reading it. I really like it and I think everyone should read it. I recommend it to everyone. It actually gets your mind thinking about what it was like to live in that kind of time where we separated and what it would be like if it was still like that. Some of it is really crazy and how they treated people like that back then. I don’t even know what I would do if I was around any of it. I think this is a good book for everyone to read, so you should. 

Book Review by Ebony B.