6/23/2023 0 Comments The help author kathryn stockett![]() ![]() The wife after all has a few problems of her own and is refusing to tell her husband she has hired help. She finds a new job working for a new family in town who hasn’t ever had a maid. As she was recently fired from her previous job because she has a strong attitude. Minny is known as the sassiest and best cook in Mississippi and is Abileen’s best friend. Ablieen is devoted to her work as she is working for the Leefolts and raising their daughter Mae Mobley who has become like one of her own. However, times are rough for her because she just lost her own son because of his boss’s mistake. Ablieen does everything around the homes she works at: cooks, cleans, takes care of the kids. Skeeter, who is a journalist is wanting to tell their stories to show people what life is like for a maid in Jackson.Īblieen has raised 17 children and worked for several families in her career as a maid. Two maids, Minny and Ablieen, are working for rich white families. The Help is a historical drama based around 1962-1964 in Jackson Mississippi, where in the south things were still segregated. The Help gives young readers an insight to see what life was like for African Americans in the 1960s, which we sometimes forget that wasn’t that long ago. ![]()
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