Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s, The Help by Kathryn Stockett shows the peak of racial segregation. The book is narrated by three very different women; Minny, a black maid unable to keep a job due to her hot head, Aibileen, another black maid who is raising her 'seventeenth white child', and Miss Skeeter, at the opposite end of the spectrum, a white woman who wants to be a writer. She has been brought up by black maids since she was young, and longs to find out why her much-loved maid, Constantine, has disappeared. [Source: Wiki]

DISCUSSION POINTS (00:00) Summary (01:23) How did the book make you feel? (08:37) Who among the characters did you feel most connected with? Why? (19:09) Do you think the story was plot-based or character driven? (22:03) Which parts of the book stood out for you? (35:40) Chapter 25 (The Benefit) is the only chapter in the book that is written in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to do this? (43:44) If you could read another character's perspective in the book, who among the characters would you choose? Why? (49:22) How did you feel about the ending? What did you like, what did you not like, and what do you wish had been different? (01:02:56) Do you think that had Aibileen stayed working for Miss Elizabeth, that Mae Mobley would have grown up to be racist like her mother? Do you think racism is inherent or taught? (01:16:16) Rating

— September 6, 2020

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