The Help by Florence and Pauline

Synopsis

        The Help is a movie which takes place in Mississippi during 60’s. It tells the story of Skeeter, a young white woman, who wants to become a writer. She started a journalist job. Her goal is to write and publish a book that will be approved by Elaine Stein, the boss. She wants to write about the living conditions of black housemaids. Skeeter is a girl who has curly red hair; she is quite tall, she haves some freckles in her face. She is altruistic, brave, faithful, dedicated, honest and a heroic woman. For that she interview Aibileen, a housemaid who worked in white and rich family and Skeeter question her about her life. She is 53 years old and has cared for many children during her life. She is daughter and grand-daughter of servant's family. Over time she learns to affirm herself and finds the courage to challenge the social conventions of her century.

Critics

The subject of the film is more interesting in many points. Firstly, the topic concern the inequality between black and white people during the twenties centuries. It's an important point in our society because behind, the black's people are persecuted just for the color of their skin. And this film denounces all of the injustice done to black people. We are very interested in this topic but it's not the kind of film we are used to watching.

Description of one scene

The scene takes place at Aibileen's house. When Skeeter comes back home, she can see many black maids. Aibileen tells Skeeter to join them. Everybody looks at her and one per one they proclaim their approbation. We can hear two stories. This scene demonstrate that black maid overcome their fear and shows us the courage of the woman. They found the faith to do it. They seem to be happy to help Skeeter in her cause.