sometimes after you have a baby you're a little late to the game of what is cool and what's not. that was me and the help. i had not even heard of the book until the movie came out, and i really didn't know much about the movie either. dave & i were lucky enough to go on a movie date for our anniversary! we weren't really impressed with anything that was playing, but we saw the help and dave said that was one that he thought he wouldn't mind seeing. best choice ever. so i saw the movie before i read the book- and i was in love with the movie. my heart was just broken- i can't count how many times i cried, nor can i count how many times i laughed.
the help takes place in segregated jackson, mississippi in 1962. elizabeth, hilly & skeeter are the best of friends. skeeter is home, fresh from ole miss with big plans for a career in journalism; while elizabeth & hilly left school early to marry & have babies. they are now leading the "ideal" life of a southern woman. aibileen & minny are maids for elizabeth & hilly's mother, respectively. after hilly comes up with the home help sanitation initiative, skeeter begins to grow uncomfortable with the way her friends treat their help. she wonders how these women feel about working for white women while someone else raises their own children. skeeter has the idea to write a book from the viewpoint of the help. of course, this needs to be done in secret because of the times. the book is split into stories from these 3 women, and each is told from their point of view.
all i can say is that you need to see the book, and the movie. i know it's a fictionalized version of what was going on during the civil rights movement, but i'm sure there are elements of truth within it. there are moments of sadness, and moments of joy. just read it.
the movie is just as good. there are little bits that are different, that were changed to make the movie flow better, but overall, it stays true to the book, and for that, i loved it.
book 5/5. movie 5/5.
all i can say is that you need to see the book, and the movie. i know it's a fictionalized version of what was going on during the civil rights movement, but i'm sure there are elements of truth within it. there are moments of sadness, and moments of joy. just read it.
the movie is just as good. there are little bits that are different, that were changed to make the movie flow better, but overall, it stays true to the book, and for that, i loved it.
book 5/5. movie 5/5.
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