The Help: Post #1

Could you imagine not being able to use the toilet in a white home? Not getting payed minimum wage? Raising some one else's child when your child is being raised by some one else? In 1962, in Jackson Mississippi, black women and men didn't have the same rights of white women and men. The black society was treated poorly. The Help by Kathryn Stocket tells what the life of a black woman in Jackson Mississippi was truly like.
This books tells the funnny stories of the black maids in 1962. It represents all of the good and bad times the "help" experienced. Even though the black miads had rough lives serving for other white families and not beign treated equally, they made the best of their situations and were thankful for what they had. This story describes how brutal most white women were. However, some white women (like Skeeter) were kind to the black maids and interested in hearing about their lives. The setting of this realistic book is far more different than what are lives are like today.
Although I am not far in this book, I have figured out how inspiring this book is. The Help teaches tou to be grateful for what you have, and to treat others fairly. Our lives today are very different than the lives of black and white women and men.

The cover of the book.

Thank you for reading my first post about my free reading book, The Help.