The Help

    Friday in class we watched the movie The Help.  The movie is about a group of African American maids that are getting oppressed and paid very minimum wage to raise people's children and care for them. There is a white woman who starts to write a book about the tragedies and terrible situations that the maids have gone through. When the book is published the maids were not credited because they wanted to remain totally anonymous. In my opinion it is very honorable that the maids did not want to be credited because it brings attention to the fact that any maid or African American could go through the same exact thing and not have their struggles highlighted. They did not want any fame out of the book and instead wanted to bring light to the harsh nature of the way black people were treated at the time. The ladies in this movie show an incredible amount of courage and perseverance throughout the film. The movie itself is a tear jerker with a good storyline to back it up. It also brings attention to what a colored maid in the 1960's could have gone through. The movie has also won many awards for its brilliance if you do not want to take my word for it. Everyone should watch this movie at least once as I believe it is very eye opening and a cinematic masterpiece.