Similarities Between To Kill A Mockingbird And The Help

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Even after slavery had been abolished in 1865, segregation and prejudice continued until 1964 in The United States. The book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is set in small town Alabama in the 1930’s. At this time there was more prejudice than just social class, blacks were still being treated as less than humans. The movie The Help, based in 1960 jacksonville, Shows the lives of african american women working as maids. Comparing These productions show that even after 30 years racism and prejudice remain in the US. Unlike To Kill A Mockingbird however the characters in The Help publicly display their dislike towards the division of blacks and whites.
To Kill A Mockingbird follows the childhood of Jean louise Finch (Scout). Throughout

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