![]() ![]() Consequently, Skeeter goes to the aid of Aibileen, who is the maid of her close friend Elizabeth. Skeeter has never had to housekeep in her whole life, though. She finds a job for the local newspaper, writing for the housekeeping column. Skeeter is left to find a job in Jackson. However, Elaine Stein, an editor from Harper & Row, offers some advice to Skeeter. Skeeter applies for a job at Harper & Row but is declined the job. She longs to write for a newspaper company in New York City, but she is stuck on her parent’s cotton farm where her mother is constantly bugging her about finding a man. Eugenia “Skeeter” (as everyone calls her) has just returned from college at the University of Mississippi. She also fails to protect herself from her husband, Leroy, who beats her often as a result of his drinking. Minny is searching for yet another job because she can not keep her mouth shut and says whatever she wishes to her white boss. Minny is also a black maid and a good friend of Aibileen. ![]() She is trying to cope with the her 24-year-old son’s death. Aibileen is a black maid working for a white family, one of many families she has worked for. The story goes between the perspectives of three different women who are all going through differing struggles. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, is a novel that takes place in the early 1960's in Jackson, Mississippi where racism is strong. ![]()
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