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Injustice Towards Women In The Help By Kathryn Stockett

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Injustices ran rampant in Jackson, Mississippi during the early civil rights movement, and was dangerous for blacks and anyone who associated with or tried to help them. The novel, The Help, was written by Kathryn Stockett, and was a book of stories from the helps’ point of view written by a young, white, and inspiring writer, Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan. Skeeter wanted to expose the maltreatment and injustice of the help using their own experiences, and in the course of the novel you will notice some injustice towards women through stereotypical roles. Stockett wrote this book in the first person, with three main characters, Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan, Aibileen Clark, and Minny Jackson, being the main voices heard narrating. Each section is cleverly

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