Hilly's Discrimination Revealed In The Novel, The Help
he award winning novel, The Help, is very shocking. It’s about Discrimination against black maids and their experience on how they write their book by the same name with Skeeter, a single, determined, writer trying to become noticed. Many people are trying to stop her, like Hilly Thompson and her gang of ditsy women who grew up too early. Skeeter succeeds and the book becomes a bestseller. But there are some things I can’t avoid. It may change the story even.
#1 Hilly is considered good and Skeeter is bad In the book, Hilly is seen as a racist housewife who only cares about her club of other
Housewives. Another goal for her is to make sure all maids have a separate bathroom outside the house for the maids and make this a law. This also leads to Minny’s firing since she used her mother’s bathroom instead of the one outside. This makes her seem more like a villain than an obstacle. But no one, and I mean no one, even tries to stop her. In the book, it makes the reader believe they don't because of her power. But it is also told in Abilene's point of view. Also, everybody agrees with her and help get the law passed. They also get Abilene into retirement due to “stealing” (Hilly stole 2 spoons and a necklace.) But no one thinks she’s sabotaging Skeeter. She may even not be wanting to hurt her, she’s just trying to protect her. …show more content…
Mid Mowgli is the daughter of
Cathrine, one of Hilly’s cohorts. Abilene is also her maid and takes care of her daughter and future son. In the movie, it says Mowgli is 3, but she still wears diapers, struggles with her speech, and struggles with walking. These are some signs of Autism. But it never says in the book that she has these except the diapers. But it does say she has
#1 Hilly is considered good and Skeeter is bad In the book, Hilly is seen as a racist housewife who only cares about her club of other
Housewives. Another goal for her is to make sure all maids have a separate bathroom outside the house for the maids and make this a law. This also leads to Minny’s firing since she used her mother’s bathroom instead of the one outside. This makes her seem more like a villain than an obstacle. But no one, and I mean no one, even tries to stop her. In the book, it makes the reader believe they don't because of her power. But it is also told in Abilene's point of view. Also, everybody agrees with her and help get the law passed. They also get Abilene into retirement due to “stealing” (Hilly stole 2 spoons and a necklace.) But no one thinks she’s sabotaging Skeeter. She may even not be wanting to hurt her, she’s just trying to protect her. …show more content…
Mid Mowgli is the daughter of
Cathrine, one of Hilly’s cohorts. Abilene is also her maid and takes care of her daughter and future son. In the movie, it says Mowgli is 3, but she still wears diapers, struggles with her speech, and struggles with walking. These are some signs of Autism. But it never says in the book that she has these except the diapers. But it does say she has