Title: THE HELP
Author: Kathryn Stockett
Genre: Historic Novel
Summary:
The Help is set in Jackson, Mississipi and begins in August 1962.
Miss Skeeter, a 20-year- old young woman, leaves Ole Miss University and
comes back to her hometown, Jackson.
There, she discovers how racist her white ‘friends’ are towards their black
maids.
Being racist was seen as normal at the time.
However, Miss Skeeter went to
university so she is more intelligent and respectful than her friends. She
is disgusted by the situation and decides to write a book entitled « The
Help » in order to make things change in her town.
I chose this
book because I heard about the movie (inspired from the book).
What I enjoyed about this book is that I learned a few things thanks to it: I
didn’t think that in the 60s (which are not that far away) there was still such
discrimination in the USA!
I would recommend it to readers who like learning about the past and to
those who like beautiful friendship stories.
This book is quite easy to read, I think anybody who has an intermediate to
good level in English can read it.
Rating: 4/5
Camille B
4ème
