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African-American Domestic Servants And White Women In The Help By Kathryn Stockett

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The title of this book describes the relationships between African-American domestic servants and the white women. Their lives revolve around these white women so they can get little pay to support their families. Kathryn Stockett wrote this book from a voice she missed, her servant when she was younger, Demetrie. In the book Demetrie became the character Aibileen. The Help is written from the viewpoint of Skeeter, a young white women who is curious about the servants point of view. She finds many colored women who are servants to get their point of view of being servants for white women. The young Skeeter wants nothing more than to be a writer. But in the 1960’s all a woman was supposed to be was a wife. A black woman who has catered to

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