Blog #6-Book

I read the book, The Help by Kathryn Stockett. It’s about three ordinary women who risk their lives and gain friendship.

The three main characters in this story are all women, but they do not have much in common. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. Her mother isn't going to be happy until Skeeter has a ring on her finger, but she has bigger dreams of becoming an author. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise woman raising her seventeenth white child. Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and the sassiest woman in Mississippi. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. As different from one another as can be, these women will come together for a project that will put their lives at risk. They are all struggling with the boundaries of racism and want the lines in their town erased.

Obviously this book deals with issues of race and gender at a very sensitive time in history. But, I think that it shows how progressive women could be even back then. The main character, Skeeter fights for something she believes in, even though she crosses the line of working with African American women. It's in inspiration for all of us to look at the world colorblind.