“No I couldn’t. That would be .. crossing the line” (Stockett, 140). Kathryn Stockett’s The Help is a contentious novel that depicts the racial issues and inequality during the 1960s. It tells the stories of African-American maids and the relationships with their employers. Their stories are told through a white woman that chooses to go against the rules and norms of Jackson, Mississippi. Throughout the novel, Stockett allows the reader to witness inequality through the setting, characterization, and symbolism. “So Jackson’s just one white neighborhood after the next and more springing up down the road. But the colored part a town, we one big anthill, surrounded by state land that ain’t for sale. As our numbers get bigger, we can’t spread