The Help

Author's Note: I chose to do my theme essay on the book The Help because I really enjoy this movie and book. When you are reading my essay, please look through all my sentences and check to make sure all of them go together, instead of changing subject. 

In America, there were about 600,000 slaves, but no one realizes that all of the people who were pushed out of their own country; having to lose their families, friends, and homes were forced to serve other people. Most African Americans needed jobs to survive; the only way to do that was to work for other, richer people. In the book The Help, the author, Kathryn Stockett, demonstrates to readers that people are like snowflakes; not one looks the same but they all connect in the way of life. Everyone is human, people shouldn’t be treated like slaves just because they look different. Throughout the book, the main theme that the African Americans had to deal with is racism.

As a result to all the racism going on throughout the world, African Americans still had to stay strong. Many of them were very religious because they trusted God to help them through all the tough times. “Eighteen people were killed in Jackson that night. Ten white and eight black. I don’t think God has color in mind when he sets a tornado loose.” (Aibileen Clark) As a result to the tornado, it gave Eugenia Skeeter and every other person that was sharing memories of their past to create a book to prove that the way African Americans are being treated is not right. Martin Luther King Jr. used his ability to communicate, to end the unequal tension between white and African American people.

“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” (Aibileen Clark) Although she was never treated kindly by the family she serves, Aibileen still stands up for the little girl she is raising. Five year old girls should not be scolded by their mothers, in fact, nobody should feel the discomfort of being yelled at by anybody. Aibileen knows this, therefore she is there to support the one she has taught ever since the little girl was a born. In 1865, when Abraham Lincoln died, some people started to realize that everybody is the same. Regardless to the color of their skin, nobody should be treated like slaves just because they are different.

Even though there never really was a good reason for racism, people thought that different skin colors would affect their health. After being able to prove that men and women are all people, and that they shouldn’t be treated differently, communities and all around the world are well accomplished. Granted racism has not perfectly changed, but sooner or later, everyone will understand that no matter how different people look, they should be treated exactly the same way you would want to.