To Kill a Mockingbird is very similar to The Help in numerous ways. The first idea, is comparison of characters. Skeeter is very similar to Scout Finch, in that they are both very wise for being so young and uneducated. They are open minded and friendly to people of different race. They both were outsiders in the fact that they were the only ones who stood up for what they believed in and made a change. They didn't go along with the rest of normal society by acting like discrimination was okay. Both had extremely courageous and independent qualities, as well as hearing out every story and understanding there is two sides to a story. The way the colored group of people in Maycomb county resembled the way Aibileen and her friends were treated in Jackson. They couldn't stand up for themselves and couldn't own an opinion or a voice on a subject. They are automatically judged by the color of their skin. No matter how friendly they may be, they cannot prove it due to automatically being discriminated against. They are guilty right away if/when anything happens, even when there is no evidence. They live separately from the white people and cannot go to the same stores or areas without being kicked out. The themes and morals of both books are similar. The moral of both is to never judge a book by its cover. The themes both resemble racism and prejudice. The theme "equality is the number one rule for living peacefully" is represented by both novels. All in all, the two books share a similar story with similar characters and themes.
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Kathryn StockettKathryn Stockett published The Help in 2009. She was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated college from Alabama where she got a degree in English and writing. She then moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing for nine years. She currently lives in Atlanta with her family and is working on her second book. |