Aibileen And Minny's Lessons In The Help

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The outcome in which hardships lead to is solely dependent on the approach that is taken upon it. Although all individuals must cope with unfavorable circumstances, the ones that succeed in seeing them with humility and optimism are separated from those who are quick in blaming their struggles onto others. Only through recognizing such lessons within will individuals be able to mature and learn to deal with tough situations in the future. In the movie The Help by Tate Taylor, black maids by the name of Aibileen and Minny are shown to struggle against the racial discrimination found in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s. With the barely-serviceable income and harsh treatment from their white families, the two women, along with every other maid …show more content…

Furthermore, the lessons learned help develop other skills as energy and attention is devoted to removing such hardships from their lives. For Aibileen and Minny, the endurance is especially developed through the abuse they’ve received in their lives- Aibileen through Elizabeth, who she works for and is suffering from depression; and Minny, through her abusive husband. In addition, Aibileen also struggles in coping with her son’s death, which she has already endured for several years. Through all struggles, however, the women have been able to develop a strong mentality, and their chase for justice allow such motivation to overpower all suspicion and uncertainties of Skeeter, who is still a white woman. Another prominent skill between the two women in the movie is Minny’s cooking, whose skills are her main trait as a maid. Such skill comes to play near the end of the movie, when Skeeter’s book with the interviews ends. When the maids are in fear of being exposed through the book, Minny ensures them that the attention in the book will be onto something else; Hilly’s pie. Minny reveals through the book that she cooked her own excrement into a pie, which Hilly ate 2 slices of without recognizing its ingredients. Through her actions, Minny reveals the confidence developed when dealing with hardships. Unfortunately, for Hilly, her actions …show more content…

For Minny and Aibileen, they experience more than enough hardships throughout their lives- from racial discrimination to abuse to death of a close one, their difficulties are unmatched by any white family in the town of Jackson. However, this makes the two even more grateful of the end result, where the sheer anger and frustration from Hilly is enough to satisfy Minny. In fact, Hilly can be described as a foil character to Minny. She demonstrates the consequences when individuals fail to accept hardship, as well as compassion and sympathy to others. Due to her arrogance demonstrated throughout her life, she cannot gain the trust of those around her as she pleads her case for the pie incident. The incident allows her identity to stick as a supercilious, condescending woman, who’s greed and ego ultimately lead to her embarrassment. As a member of a wealthy white family, Hilly had all the tools of having a life away from adversity, in a society where colored people were condemned for their looks. However, she took her initial prosperity for granted, and instead further highlighted the importance of adversity- the skills from enduring through hardships is required in sustaining such prosperity. And when values and morals are developed for a sustainable happiness, it leads to a development of identity that

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