The help

1. In your own words, write what was meant by "separate but equal." How did people in Jackson, Mississippi - including the ladies of the Junior League in "The Help" - try to apply this principle?

2. Do a simple online research about Jim Crow Laws. Identify what outcomes - forced upon domestic workers - were present in "The Help".

3. Explore the themes in "The Help" and develop your ideas by continuing the following sentence: "The maids in The Help took a risk by telling their stories. Even though they knew they could be shot to death in their front yards, they went ahead with the project. If people are not willing to take risks..."

 

1. They are all persons, but for some reason, they separate them, for example with the toilets.

2. This laws were trying to avoid the treatment that was being given to black people, almost slaves.

3. The maids in The Help took a risk by telling their stories. Even though they knew they could be shot to death in their front yards, they went ahead with the project. If people are not willing to take risks, the book of the prothagonist would never go out and people would never realize what was going on with the rasicism and all that stuff. This book and story telling opened the eyes to those close minded people.