Reading Log

The Help
105/225

Yes another novel that I am reading is based of its movie. I was so intrigued and absolutely fell in love with The Help. Stories like these really hit me and especially when I begin to tear up. The Help was just phenomenal in the way the characters match the novel exactly.
Only a couple chapters in and if I have at least 10 minutes of free time, my eyes are glued to the pages. Starts out with Aibileen, an African American maid for the sophisticated Mrs. Leefolt. Jackson, Mississippi is filled with young women who sit at home looking over their maids shoulders or out with their girlfriends on a nice lunch or charity event. Mrs. Leefolt's daughter is basically being raised by Aibileen who is her 18th child she looks over and babysits. The business of maids is called The Help, which is just a nice way of saying slaves servants. They cook and clean everyday, everyday something different but the same every week.
All the lady's in the town are the same, except Miss Skeeter. She is the odd one and not like her fake friends; she has different opinions and a way of thinking. She's kind. Looks at the situation from both sides, especially when her friend Mrs. Hilly mentioned the issue of legalizing separate bathrooms for the color because they spread diseases.
Miss Skeeter seems rebellious to me, like she wants to the right thing and not do or agree with something because it is what everyone else is doing.