Comparative Essay “The Help” and “To kill a Mockingbird” are two astonishing reads. These novels are a must read because they hold Multitude amounts of knowledge. The Two books have numerous amounts of similarities. These novels possess heaps of morals in which plenty could acquire knowledge from. “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Help” are two marvelous literatures in which character similarities are delineated through the novels, how poverty is portrayed through characters, and also ultimately how there is racism and segregation betwixt the two races.
These novels teach tons of lessons in which many could learn from. “The Help” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” have been written to showcase the events that have took place in history, these historical events on no occasion could be forgotten. There are numerous amounts of correspondence between characters from “The Help” and from “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Skeeter and Scout are tremendous examples of how the characters have many correspondences and how they are both incredibly intelligent and unprejudiced. “Atticus was right.
One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes, and walk around in them. ” (Chapter 31, page 374)This admirable quotes from “To Kill a Mockingbird” and it is said by Scout. This quote showcases tremendous amounts of knowledge that Scout has at such a young age. In this quote Scout talks about how her father has taught her a lesson on never to judge an individual unless you have been in his or her possession before. Scout has acquired lots of knowledge from her intellectual father about how to never judge an individual because of their colour under any condition.
Scout is unprejudiced to African Americans as you can see this quote shows how she as an individual has an understanding about how to never judge an individual by their appearance. Skeeter is very well educated and very intellectual as well and is very unprejudiced towards African Americans. “But then I realize, like a shell cracking open in my head, there’s no difference between those government laws and Hilly building Aibileen a bathroom in the garage, except ten minutes’ worth of signatures in the state capitol. (Chapter 13, page 203)
This quote showcases how much understanding Skeeter has about the law and how people blindly follow it with out even think about, if it’s right or wrong. This shows how intellectual Skeeter is about topics like racism. She is also very unprejudiced towards blacks because she has an understanding about how they’re the same as the white’s, the only thing different is their skin colour. Scout and Skeeter both have many similarities such as their both white. They both are unprejudiced towards blacks. They both are very well educated for such a young age.
Scout and Skeeter have heaps of correspondences which show cases how the characters are very much alike. The author’s messages relate to one another because they are trying to teach the same lesson, which is never to follow blindly and also never to judge without truly knowing someone. Numerous amounts of poverty is showcased through these remarkable books. These two remarkable books were written when slavery was still alive. Many human beings have faced poverty in these two novels. “The Help” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” show characters with the shortage of either food or money. “…
Atticus said professional people were poor because the farmers were poor. As Maycomb County was farm country, nickels and dimes were hard to come by for doctors and dentists and lawyers. Entailment was only a part of Mr. Cunningham’s vexations. The acres not entailed were mortgaged to the hilt, and the little cash he made went to interest. If he held his mouth right, Mr. Cunningham could get a WPA job, but his land would go to ruin if he left it, and he was willing to go hungry to keep his land and vote as he pleased. ‘Mr. Cunningham’, said Atticus, ‘came from a set breed of men’…
As the Cunninghams had no money to pay a lawyer, they simply paid us with what they had. ‘Did you know’, said Atticus, ‘that Dr. Reynolds works the same way? He charges some folks a bushel of potatoes for delivery of a baby…. “(Chapter 2,page 27 and 28) This Quote showcases how mostly all the families didn’t have money. The cunninghams had no money at all and they paid everyone with grains because they were hard working people and they didn’t steal, they always paid their full fee’s with grains. This quote shows how the Cunninghams had paid off Atticus with grains.
The Help” has numerous amount of characters who are in poverty even though their honest and hardworking people. “Say she’d pay her back some every week, but Miss Hilly say no. That a true Christian don’t give in charity to those who is well and able. Say it’s kinder to let them learn to work things out themselves. ” (19“The churches got together though. They gone send both those boys to college. ” (Chapter 19,pg) Yule May was Hilly’s maid, and all she was asking for was for some money so that her kids could go to college. Yule May was going to pay Hilly back but Hilly rejected her.
This caused Yule May to steal a ruby ring that she thought was real but it wasn’t and Hilly knew that as well. Hilly made sure Yule May was sentenced for four years even though the ring was fake. Yule May only did this for her kids because she knew that she didn’t want her children to go through poverty like her. Yule May wanted her children to be rich in education so that they could break the poverty circle in their family and so that they could also have a wonderful life. There are numerous amounts of comparisons between these two wonderful novels.
Yule May and The cunninghams are both poor and suffer from poverty. The Cunninghams and Yule may Both want to educate their children so that they could be rich in education. Yule May and the Cunninghams are both hard working and care for their children’s future a lot. These two characters are very corresponding. The author’s message is the same because they both are trying to convey that poor people are humans too and they also want to educate their children. “The Help” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” show enormous amounts of racism faced by African Americans in the southern states.
The amount of discrimination faced by African Americans could not be expressed in words because what they have faced is worth more than a bunch of words on a white piece of paper. African Americans have been through numerous amounts of gigantic barriers and these barriers have been expressed in these wonderful novels, to showcase their real life struggles past racism. Racism has been expressed by words in the novel “The Help” which has instructed us about segregation and also about the cruel Jim Crow Laws.
“I did not raise you to use the colored bathroom! “”” This is dirty out here, Mae Mobley you’ll catch a disease! (chapter 7,pg111)said by Miss Leefolt. This is very cruel calling an African American a ” Disease” Lots of racism and segregation is portrayed throughout the novel, this quote has proved how African Americans have to hear brutal comments about themselves, and how difficult it must be on them. subsequently Aibileen talks about how she feels after what Miss Leefolt said. “I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain’t a color, disease ain’t the Negro side a town.
I want to stop that moment from comingand it come ever white child’s lifewhen they start to think that colored folks ain’t as good as whites. (Chapter 7,pg112). This quote is truly touching and one hundred percent veracious. African Americans have to conquer many barriers to achieve well deserved respect which could take forever to achieve in a society like mississippi, Jackson. “To Kill a Mockingbird” has lots of racism as well. There is a case in “To Kill a Mockingbird” about a young African American. “Maycomb was interested by the news of Tom’s death for perhaps two days;two days was enough for the information to spread through the country.
Did you hear about… no? ell, they say he was runnin; fit to beat lightnin” “To Maycomb Tom’s’ death was typical. Typical of a nig*r to cut and run. Typical of a nig*r’s mentality to have no plan, no thought for the future, just run blind first chance he saw. Funny thing, Atticus Finch might’ve got him off scot free, but waitHell no. You know how they are. Easy come easy go. Just show that robinson boy was legally married, they say he kept himself clean, went to church and all that, but when it comes down to the line the veneer’s mighty thin. Nig*r’s always come out of’em.
This very hard working young African American named Tom Robinson has been accused of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter even though he is viciously innocent. All evidence was against Bob Ewell but the court was very racist towards this young African American. Tom Robinson had lost the case even though all evidence was in front of the judge. Then he tried to run free because he knew that he wa a black man and that he wasn’t going to survive. Tom Robinson had no chance because he was black and he also knew that he had no chance of surviving. The novel “The Help” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” have many corresponding events which take place.
Both the characters Aibileen and Tom Robinson are African Americans. Aibileen and Tom Robinson face the same problems such as Aibileen got called a “colored disease” and Tom Robinson got called a “Nig*r”. They were both accused of something they didn’t do such as Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell and even though he had lots of evidence he was still considered a liar because of his skin colour. Aibileen got called dirty, which she clearly isn’t because she is human too and the only thing that is different is their skin colour.
These characters have faced the same problems, They both got called racist names, accused of someone their not, and their both African Americans. The author;s are conveying the same message. The message is that you should never be racist towards another skin colour because they’re human too they have a nose and two eyes just like white people. Respect others the way you would want to be respected. These two novels are well respected around the world because they carry so much thoughts about racism and poverty. They are very astonishing novels which many could acquire knowledge from.
To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Help” are two marvelous literatures in which character similarities are delineated through the novels, how poverty is portrayed through character and also ultimately how there is racism and segregation betwixt the two races. These books hold lots of knowledge about real life issues that have occurred in the past. These novels are highly recommended because they expand understanding about what African Americans had to go through in order to achieve success “The Help” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” are two astonishing reads because the authors of these book convey similar themes and messages.
