The social inequality on movie The Help

The social inequality on movie The Help

Introduction

This paper will be discussing about the film “The Help” and we will be discussing this film in context to the topic of social inequality. For this a particular scene from the film will be analyzed and other elements following the scene. The movie occurs in the life of the southern women, which is based upon Kathryn Stockett's novel “Help” (Kathryn, 2011). The movie is of the opinion that men (white men in particular) might dominate the world, but in their households they get marginalized. A chain reaction is seen to set up when their girlfriends and wives observe the exhibited chauvinism from men's side in which women hold their inadequacies and insecurities on the black help. This reflects the theme social inequality that revolves around film.

Discussion and Analysis

In the movie there was a scene in which a 22 year old 'Skeeter' graduates from Ole Miss and return home. Since it was 1962, having a degree was not enough in a place like Mississippi. Her mother would have also though about seeing a ring in her finger. Skeeter would usually be found in the company of her beloved maid name 'Constantine', the woman who had brought her up since childhood. But for now, the maid had gone. In place, there is another maid named 'Aibileen' a black, wise, and regal woman known for her extra ordinary experience in raising children. Aibileen appers to miss her lost son who died some time back. As a token of remembrance, she devotes her attention to the little girl to feel her pain and lessen hers. Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she cannot mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation.  Her new boss knew all the secrets of her (Kathryn, 2011).

Jackson, Mississippi in the early 60s: When the young Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns to college in her hometown, she dreams of becoming a writer. So she holds-driven by her strong sense of justice and contrary to all conventions, the decision to interview African-American women who have spent their lives trying to be a maid to the children to take care of the white upper class (Bluestone, 1995). But that Skeeter is not ...