The Help: A Change
So much goes on as the book continues. Skeeter turns out to be more of an ally then she seems to be. She knows this is wrong. She makes it clear that she knows. She tries not to draw too much attention to herself, not because she knows this is illegal, she just doesn't want to act differently then the woman around her who are supposed to be her 'friends'. The truth is that Skeeter has never really fit in her whole life. Maybe because she seems to be a better person then everyone, especially her 'friends. I think that one of the reason she gets along so well with the other maids, she's considered different. She's not quite accepted and she's not accepted by the same people who don't accept the maids. Her mother doesn't quite accept her daughter and her mother also happens to be prejudiced against the African Americans. Hilly and the other women think that she's strange and they are completely racist. I feel as if Skeeter finally feels as if she fits in when she begins to write the maid's stories down. She's actually making a bit of a difference and also is pursuing her writing career as well. I believe that even though these african American women are kind of afraid of Skeeter she fits in more with them then with anyone else. She can laugh with them and be herself in more ways then she does with the 'proper' women. Although they are considered to be completely different she is more like them then she is with Hilly. The truth is that the people who are considered to be a disease is almost everyone else in the town who is white and racist, there are only few exceptions of these people. They spread the hate. The maids love the children. They take care of the children. They raise the children and spend time with the children. They are kind and they are real, not fake like Hilly and her friends. They're the ones who are always there for the children. Where are their parents? They're most likely spending their children's college funds on separate bathrooms for their maids.
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In the book, Aibileen says "These is white rules. I don't know which ones you following and which ones you ain't."(180). Skeeter is trying desperately to change things and make it big as a writer. She cares much for the help because growing up Constantine was so loving to her. Skeeter grew up different from other white girls. She knew who really raised her and who's to blame. Mississippi is heated with tension at the time so it's extremely dangerous. I think she's doing the right thing here. Minny and Aibileen are hesitant at first but once they see she is different, they open up more and more. Will knowing more about her past maid hurt her relationship with her mom? Skeeter is expected to be on the white side of arguments like in the bathroom situation so writing this book is traitorous to Hilly. Skeeter will lose a lot of "friends" and family by doing this crime. Is the outcome worth it?
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