Differences Between Aibileen And Calpurnia

First, Aibileen and Calpurnia are very alike in many ways but they have their differences. In the book Calpurnia tells scout s the Finch’s maid. She spends most of her day at the house taking care of Jem and Scout, leaving only at night. Cal teaches the kids many lessons, especially Scout. An example of this is when she tells scout “Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house, they are company and don't let me catch you remarking on their ways like you were so high and mighty”(Lee ) This quote from the book shows how Calpurnia raised the kids and that she was a mother figure to them. This begins to show a way Calpurnia will relate to Aibileen from The Help. In the movie Aibileen was also a maid for a white family. In the movie

Aibileen had a very close relationship with the three year old Mae Mobley. Everyday Aibileen would tell Mae “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”(“Quotes” IMDb The Help). They forged a very close relationship and she raised Mae as if it was her own child, just like Calpurnia with Scout and Jem. Although they have many similarities with their relationship to the kids they also differ in a few ways. In The Help Aibileen only takes care of Mae but the parents punish the kids. In the movie (“Quotes” IMBd The Help). This shows how roles have changed in parenting between the two stories because in To Kill a Mockingbird Calpurnia punished the kids. In the book . This is a way that Aibileen and Calpurnia differ in their job.
Next, Scout and Skeeter are two very alike girls, but they are also very different.

In the book Scout is a six year old girl who is not like the traditional girl her aunt wants her to be. She wears overalls and plays outside with her brother, Jem and Dill. Throughout the story she shows how different she is from everyone else. when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn't supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra's vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace(Lee ). Skeeter is also very different from her friends and other girls her age. Scout went to college, got a job, and she dresses and looks differently from the girls. That is how Scout and Skeeter are alike but there is a way they are different also. In The Help Skeeter was not racist at all and she respected and maybe felt some sympathy for them. In the movie she is writing a book about the maids and how they are treated. While listening to them and writing them she thinks “I expected the stories to be sweet, glossy. I realized I might be getting more than I bargained for”(“Quotes” IMBd The Help). This shows the difference between the two of them because Scout goes along with what other people say and think about race. In the beginning she says the N word all the time because that's what everyone else says. She doesn't seem to have her own view on the

subject.
Finally, in the two stories there is a lot of racism in their culture, but to different extents. In To Kill a Mockingbird most people were very racist and they accused black men of committing crimes and were always found guilty with no thought from the jury. In the book xvvvvvv. This showed how easily people were accused and even after all of the evidence Atticus provided Tom was still said to be guilty. In the movie there were some accusations made about the maids. In the book Hilly Holbrook says “Maybe i can’t send you to jail for what you wrote, but I can send you for being a thief”( “Quotes” IMBd The Help). This shows the relations of the two within the subject of the black people being accused of crimes.
In conclusion, The Help and To Kill a Mockingbird have many similarities in the plot about racism, but being in different time periods causes some differences in the details. In To Kill a Mockingbird there is a lot of racism more in the terms of accusations of black men, while in The Help it's a little bit about the stealing but it's more about the separate bathrooms for the maids. In both there is one main person helping the black people like Atticus helping Tom Robinson in the court case and Skeeter writing the book about how the maids are treated. The societies of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Help are very alike showing the little change of racism overtime in the south.