Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, which is the background for her first novel, The Help. The novel was based off of her childhood experiences growing up in the 1970s, a time where segregation was present. Because she grew up in a white household in the 70s, she was essentially raised by the family’s African American maid, Demetrie, whom she adored. White children being raised by the black family maid were considered the norm back then. When she was six, her parents got divorced and her relationship with Demetrie grew significantly stronger. She states in an interview “When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at my wardrobe mirror and told me over