{"id":1465,"date":"2023-06-23T13:35:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T08:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/the-help-by-kathryn-stockett\/"},"modified":"2023-06-24T08:15:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T02:45:30","slug":"the-help-by-kathryn-stockett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/the-help-by-kathryn-stockett\/","title":{"rendered":"The Help by Kathryn Stockett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Help by Kathryn Stockett<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"The
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“The Help” is a novel written by Kathryn Stockett, published in 2009. Set in the early 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, the story revolves around the lives of African-American maids working in white households during the era of segregation.

The novel primarily follows the perspectives of three women: Aibileen Clark, Minny Jackson, and Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan. Aibileen and Minny are maids who have spent their lives working for white families, enduring mistreatment and racism. Skeeter is a young white woman who aspires to be a writer and becomes determined to tell the stories of the maids and expose the racial injustices they face.

As Skeeter delves deeper into the lives of the maids, she forms a close bond with Aibileen and Minny, gaining their trust and cooperation. Together, they collaborate on a secret project to write a book that exposes the experiences and perspectives of the maids, despite the risks and challenges involved.

“The Help” addresses themes such as racism, prejudice, discrimination, and the power dynamics between black and white individuals in the segregated South. The novel sheds light on the daily struggles faced by African-American maids, their resilience, and their profound impact on the families they serve.

Stockett’s narrative alternates between the voices of Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter, allowing readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of their lives and experiences. The novel explores the complexities of friendship, trust, and solidarity in the face of social injustice.

Upon its release, “The Help” received widespread acclaim and became a bestseller. It was praised for its compelling characters, emotional depth, and thought-provoking exploration of race and gender. However, the novel has also faced some criticism for its portrayal of African-American characters from a white author’s perspective.

In 2011, the novel was adapted into a successful film, further amplifying its impact and reach. “The Help” continues to be an important work that prompts discussions about race relations, social change, and the power of storytelling. 100 Books You Should Read in a Lifetime<\/a>, https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/4667024-the-help<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Help by Kathryn Stockett “The Help” is a novel written by Kathryn Stockett, published in 2009. Set in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow3MbQCw:productID":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,459],"tags":[463],"class_list":["post-1465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-novels","tag-novels"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1455,"url":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/100-books-you-should-read-in-a-lifetime\/","url_meta":{"origin":1465,"position":0},"title":"100 Books You Should Read in a Lifetime","author":"witcritic","date":"June 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"100 books with summary on witcritic.com To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 1984 by George Orwell Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone by J.K. Rowling The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Lifestyle"","block_context":{"text":"Lifestyle","link":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/category\/lifestyle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/100-Books.jpg?fit=800%2C532&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/100-Books.jpg?fit=800%2C532&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/100-Books.jpg?fit=800%2C532&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/100-Books.jpg?fit=800%2C532&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":717,"url":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-series-by-rick-riordan\/","url_meta":{"origin":1465,"position":1},"title":"“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series by Rick Riordan","author":"witcritic","date":"May 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Book 1: \"Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief\" -Book 2: \"Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters\" - Book 3: \"Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse\" - Book 4: \"Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth\" - Book 5: \"Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian\" - The \"Percy Jackson\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Lifestyle"","block_context":{"text":"Lifestyle","link":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/category\/lifestyle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"\"Percy Jackson and the Olympians\" series by Rick Riordan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/91oW11llnSL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?fit=678%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/91oW11llnSL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?fit=678%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/91oW11llnSL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?fit=678%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":350,"url":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/nadine-gordimer-1923-2014-african-writer\/","url_meta":{"origin":1465,"position":2},"title":"Life and works of Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014): African writer","author":"witcritic","date":"August 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Nadine GordimerNovels\u2022 A Guest of Honour (1970)Some More Novels Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer\u00a0(20 November 1923\u00a0\u2013 13 July 2014) was a South African writer and\u00a0political activist. She received the\u00a0Nobel Prize in Literature\u00a0in 1991, recognized as a writer \"who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "World Literature"","block_context":{"text":"World Literature","link":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/category\/world-literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"nodaine gordimer","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-23.png?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-23.png?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-23.png?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-23.png?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1457,"url":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/fahrenheit-451-a-novel-by-ray-bradbury\/","url_meta":{"origin":1465,"position":3},"title":"Fahrenheit 451: A Novel by Ray Bradbury","author":"witcritic","date":"June 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Fahrenheit 451 \"Fahrenheit 451\" is a dystopian novel written by Ray Bradbury and published in 1953. Set in a future society, the book explores themes of censorship, conformity, and the power of literature. The title refers to the temperature at which paper ignites and burns.The story is set in a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Novels"","block_context":{"text":"Novels","link":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/category\/novels\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fahrenheit","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fahrenheit-451.jpg?fit=668%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fahrenheit-451.jpg?fit=668%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fahrenheit-451.jpg?fit=668%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":455,"url":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/what-is-indian-literature\/","url_meta":{"origin":1465,"position":4},"title":"Indian Literature : An overview of great tradition","author":"witcritic","date":"May 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Indian literature in English","rel":"","context":"In "World Literature"","block_context":{"text":"World Literature","link":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/category\/world-literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/images28129.jpeg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/images28129.jpeg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/images28129.jpeg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":702,"url":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/the-giver-by-lois-lowry\/","url_meta":{"origin":1465,"position":5},"title":"“The Giver” A Dystopian novel by Lois Lowry","author":"witcritic","date":"May 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The Giver\" is a dystopian novelThemes: \"The Giver\" is a dystopian novel \"The Giver\" is a dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry and published in 1993. Set in a seemingly utopian society, the story follows Jonas, a young boy who is chosen to be the Receiver of Memories, a role\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/the-giver-by-lois-lowry\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"\"The Giver\" is a dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry and published in 1993. Set in a seemingly utopian society, the story follows Jonas, a young boy who is chosen to be the Receiver of Memories, a role that exposes him to the hidden truths and complexities of his community. Here is an overview of the storyline: In the community where Jonas lives, everything is controlled and orderly. There are no choices, no pain, and no individuality. When Jonas turns twelve, he is assigned the prestigious role of Receiver of Memories. He begins training under the guidance of the Giver, an older man who holds the memories of the past. As Jonas receives memories from the Giver, he experiences emotions, colors, and sensations unknown to his community. He learns about the world's history, including both the joyful and painful aspects. Jonas becomes increasingly aware of the limitations and flaws of his society, where personal freedoms and true emotions are suppressed. As Jonas delves deeper into his training, he questions the principles of his community, particularly its practice of \"releasing\" individuals who are deemed unfit or disruptive. He develops a bond with a baby named Gabriel, who is facing release, and becomes determined to save him. Jonas decides to escape from the community, taking Gabriel with him. Their journey is fraught with danger and hardships as they face the harsh realities of the world outside. Jonas discovers the true extent of his society's control and the importance of individual choice and human connections. \"The Giver\" explores themes such as the loss of individuality, the consequences of a controlled society, the value of memories, and the power of human emotions. It raises questions about the trade-offs between security and freedom, and the role of personal experiences in shaping one's identity. Lois Lowry's writing style is concise yet evocative, drawing readers into Jonas' world and the moral dilemmas he faces. \"The Giver\" has received critical acclaim and has become a widely taught novel, sparking discussions about societal issues and individuality. The book is the first in a quartet known as \"The Giver Quartet,\" which also includes \"Gathering Blue,\" \"Messenger,\" and \"Son.\" Each book explores different characters and aspects of the same dystopian world, offering further insights into the themes introduced in \"The Giver.\"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/51R8AA8QEVL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?fit=648%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/51R8AA8QEVL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?fit=648%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/51R8AA8QEVL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?fit=648%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1565,"href":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465\/revisions\/1565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}