Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help introduces a complicated process of one's recognition of authenticity and voice in society. A young woman from Europid ancestry, Euginia “Skeeter” Phelan, starts an endeavour to reflect Jackson's life through the eyes of African American maids working there. To highlight this experience, Stockett uses the characters of Aibileen and Minny to highlight this experience both for Skeeter’s book as well as the reader of The Help. As they live in one of the most segregated states in the South, by the maids giving their honest accounts, they rebel against society's both written and unwritten rules. In their search for a voice in society, they cross dangerous boundaries to assert their power and equality. The re-establishing