The Help

Now, i am doing a blog for the book The Help, which takes place in the era of the 1940s down in small town Jackson of Mississippi. This book shows the tense racists issues the white people had against the black; but, it also shows that not all the white people agreed with this policy of blacks being lower than the whites.

One of the main characters is Aibileen, a black "help" to the white people, who takes care of the house, but mostly takes care of the white kids. In her life, Aibileen has taken care of over 25 (i believe something like that) white kids starting at a young age, around her teen years. She is a very caring woman, who right now in the book, is taking care of a little girl named Mae Mobely, daughter of Miss Elizabeth Leefolt, who i'll take about in later blogs. Aibileen loves to take care of Mae Mobely, since her mama doesn't really care for Mae Mobely, and sometimes don't care ABOUT her period. So, Aibileen raises Mae Mobely like she was one of her own, since Aibi (what Mae calls her)'s son, Treefolt, died a few years back, leaving Aibileen to fend for herself.

Another main character is another back help named Minny Jackson, who's probably one of the most sass-talking, back-talking black maid there is in the book. She can never manage to hold onto a job, since she always has to say something that sends her looking for another job working for another white woman who will eventually throw her away as well.  Will she be able to ever keep a job? Or will a certain white woman come along and hire who, and actually care about her? Well, my dears, i shall inform you in some other blog, as i am going to be late for school. :)