The Help By Katheryn Stockett: Chapter Analysis

Discussion 5 The book, “The Help” written by Katheryn Stockett, had many literary devices like metaphors and similes. My favorite literary device used in this book thus far are the elements of foreshadowing within sentences scattered throughout each chapter. The author’s effort to foreshadow throughout each chapter allowed the reader to predict the possible outcomes of the story. It also illustrated that even though Jackson, Mississippi was a small town where everyone seems to know each other, everyone keeps secrets to hide from the judgements and the repercussions of their secrets in that society. In the book, “The Help” by Katheryn Stockett, there are many sentences scattered throughout chapter three and chapter four that foreshadowed what was wrong with Miss Celia. However, two really jumped out at me. The first sentence with this feature was the sentence where Minny says, “Finally, I lift up that funny-looking pink shag rug. Underneath, there’s a big, deep stain the color of rust” (Stockett 41). The second sentence also foreshadowed what was wrong with Miss Celia when Miss Celia says, “’I don’t like

This sentence also illustrates a dark, gloomy, and depressive tone, since throughout chapters three and four Miss Celia stated that she wanted to have children very soon. So, Miss Celia’s dislike for the baby like hairs on the mimosa flowers allows the reader to feel a dark, depressive tone within Miss Celia’s words. Similarly, this sentence allows the reader to imagine why Miss Celia dislikes objects that remind her of babies or at least reminds her of having babies. Likewise, the tool of foreshadowing in literature that allow incite on possibilities about past events most often foreshadows possibilities for present and future