Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Help

So far I am about half way through the book "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. I am really loving the book! My favorite part of the book is how the author has decided to write from each characters point of view. My favorite characters point of view so far has been Aibleen and Miss Skeeter. I love the way how wise and strong this wonderful woman is. She seems to have a sense of life and what is needed in order to get through it. The whole point of this book is pretty much to show what it was like to be an African American woman during this time in our history. Hearing what life is like from different point of views from white richer women, white poor woman, African American richer women, and African American poor woman. Aibleen has such a wonderful relationship with Mae Mobley. I loved hearing about Aibleen trying to potty train her. It made me really sad when Mae Mobley was getting slapped by her mother, I could never imagine smacking a baby. This book honestly is so good it is so hard to put down! I would recommend this book to anyone it is such a great book!

1 comment:

  1. I read "The Help" too! I thought it was really sad at some bits, but it made me laugh a lot too! I really liked the different perspectives, like you said. It was a different was of reading a story, but I sometimes got confused if I didn't check whose perspective it was from! I think you will really enjoy the rest of the book because lots of funny things happen in the last couple chapters! Enjoy the rest of the book!

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