The Help: #2

A main part of the book is that Skeeter wants to write a book of memoirs of the maids in Jackson, Mississippi. Her idea is good and she has passion behind it, having lost connection with, Constantine, her maid growing up, but it proves more challenging then she originally thought. None of the maids want to share their stories with her because she is on the other side of the line that is drawn between the blacks and the whites. I understand the maid’s hesitance in complying and sharing their secrets to be published for everyone to read. I still can’t decide whether or not it is realistic that the maids actually share their story with Skeeter. I know that the times were very different back then and there was a huge line between the two communities which makes me feel that it is more convincing that the maids wouldn’t risk their lives and careers for very little reward. Although they finally decide to share their story after a black boy gets beat up for using the wrong restroom I still am not convinced that, that action alone would convince 12 maids to share their stories with Skeeter. Either way that part of the book was interesting and made for a good read and there is no way to really tell if the actions the maids take in the book are characteristic of the time period it was interesting to read and added a lot to the book.