The Help In the novel, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, the author utilizes the point of view, symbolism, imagery, and allegory to portray the lives of three women that work as maids for a living. The setting takes place in Jackson, Mississippi, August 1962, the novel emphasizes on three main characters – Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter. Aibileen is an African-American woman who works for a white family who are named the Leefolts. The black maids work with Skeeter Phelan, a Caucasian woman, who works on creating a book depicting the lives of maids working for a white family. The chapters in the novel are narrated by three main characters: Aibileen, Minnie, and Skeeter. Many events of the past and the early signs of the civil right movements are