Fed Up!

The book Skeeter wrote about the "help" persuaded them to become more courageous and speak up, not only for the book but also towards their employers. Minny even made a chocolate pie for her current ex-employer Mrs. Hilly. Come to find out it was made out Minny's idea of "karma" for Hilly because of how she treated her during her employment and firing her. I find it to be my favorite scene as well as most other audiences that have seen this film. The fact that Minny made the "chocolate"

The Help - Minny's Pie

pie out of her excrement and gave it to Mrs. Hilly for revenge but she watched her eat it piece by piece. Hilly, of course had no clue what it was made of and thought it was an apology pie. An apology for Minny behaving in such a disobedient way in her eyes. She not only ate one piece of pie, she ate two! After Minny was terminated and felt that she had received justice from being terminated, she found a much better household to work for. She started working for Mrs. Celia Foote which was played by Jessica Chastain. She treated Minny much better than Mrs. Hilly did. She treated her like an actual human being and not just some disgusting thing that beckons to her every whim, no matter how humiliating or disrespectful. Aibilene as well as Minny, ended up moving on at the very end of the film. She also became terminated from her job because her employer found out that she was included in the makings of the book, "the help". Although, it was much harder for her to leave because she

practically raised her employers daughter Mae Mobley (played by Eleanor Henry and Emma Henry). Though, no matter the ups or downs, starting a new was what was best for each of these women. The bigger picture was that all of the women or "help" were making a difference. They were speaking up for themselves and releasing their own stories into the world. Although it was anonymous, it gave them the aspiration and confidence to acknowledge that they deserve better and have a voice. They deserve to be treated with more respect and to be treated as human beings. They sent the word out that not only were the so called "high class housewives" imperfect but they treated everyone as if they were beneath them. Well, karma hit those women hard. This book caused a change in the idea that the help were just house maids or that they had no real or interesting life's.

The Help - Perception of Maids