explained by their disgust towards blacks; and, second, by their subconscious jealousy towards them, because those white women lacked the qualities that black women possessed - ability to love truly and unconditionally; courage; integrity. For example, maids raised white children, treating and loving them like their own. The relationships of Constantine and Eugenia, Aibileen and Elizabeth s child prove it. Of course, children were attached to the maids who replaced their mothers. Seeing this, careless mothers felt jealous and began treating the maids even worse.way blacks and whites interpreted the Bible in the movie also reveals the true nature of both of them. Aibileen heard in God s words an inspiration to help her fellows; it gave her courage to risk everything she had. However, there was an instance, when the words of the Bible were twisted in a way that basically denied the whole morality of help, compassion. When Hilly was asked for a loan by her maid Yule May Crookle, she answered: «As a Christian - I m doing you a favor. God doesn t give charity to those who are well and able. You need to come up with this money on your own. Okay? You ll thank me one day. »First of all, Yule was not asking for charity - she was ready to work for this money. Second, wasn t it exactly the way for her to come up with money on her own? Third, even if God does not give charity to those who are well and able, it does not mean you shouldn t do it either, moreover when you have an opportunity to help a person, who is not really well and able., Not all the relationships were negative, as I have said, as there were white people who were kind and attentive to their maids and whites who fought for the rights of blacks.other issue the whole movie is based upon is gender discrimination and feminism.general, in the 1960s the «white» society of America was still quite patriarchal and androcentric and the movie «The Help» shows it very vividly. Men worked, women stayed at home and gave birth to children. Such women spent most of their time gossiping. In spite of the fact that they had maids, skills of housekeeping were very appreciated by men and it was still considered to be a standard kind of occupation for a woman. For example, Celia asked Minny to teach her some techniques of cooking, because she wanted her husband to know she could do it on her own. «Hilly s» society possesses many traditionally feminine characteristics: they gossip about each other, jealousy and pretence dominate in their relationships. For instance, Hilly apparently envied Celia, because she lacked the qualities Celia had: beauty, charm, kindness, sincerity and compassion. Everybody knew Hilly hated Celia, because Hilly s rich ex-boyfriend Johnny married Celia. When one of Hilly s friends reminded her that she could have been Johnny s wife, she pretended that it didn t touch her, saying: «And live 30 minutes outside of town? No, thank you ». But her facial expression and actions towards Celia spoke of the different: she would give up everything to be Johnny s wife and get his money. Stuart Whitworth, whom Skeeter dated, once uttered a phrase, which very precisely described the women of «Hilly s» society: «Girls major in professional husband hunting». This thought can also be illustrated by the behavior of Eugenia s mother: almost throughout the whole movie she was trying to arrange Skeeter s private life, completely ignoring her desire to have a career firs...
