Is The Help Accurate? The Help is a novel that was transformed into a movie based on the civil rights movement in the 1960s. It focused heavily on the story of a white woman named Skeeter and her journey of trying to speak out on the reality of the relationships between maids and families.She used the perspective of the African American maids to exploit all of the secrets that were being kept out of fear for what it meant to speak out on the injustices. The film created lots of controversy on whether it was acceptable to relate the family movie to the harsh realities that resided in this era, but has been continually incapable of providing anything inaccurate throughout the motion picture. The help was historically accurate because of the …show more content…
This is now seen relatively often, but in the 1960s to be single and lack a head of the household without being widowed was considered embarrassing. Skeeter's mother was diagnosed with cancer and claimed that all she wanted before dying was to see skeeter get married and have children even though it was the complete opposite of what skeeter wanted and her mother was aware of that.The social structure of women in the 1960s was built on husbands making the money and wives staying home to cook and clean with their maids and take care of the children.The other ladies that would meet and socialize together thought skeeter was ridiculous for wanting to write and have a job. This film was very accurate in depicting the white women who were told to get a husband and stay and home, but also for African American maids, portrayed in the economical lower class, ultimately having to work to get by. Most African American women, like Minnie were subjected to abuse for being out of work because of the financial instability. The Help was very accurate in portraying the social aspect of women in the 1960s and the eagerness for money that differentiated between social classes of not only race but financial