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Summary

The Help is a novel by Kathryn Stockett set in the early 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi. The story is told from the perspectives of three main characters: Aibileen and Minny, African American maids, and a young white woman named Skeeter, who aspires to be a writer. Aibileen and Minny share their experiences working for white employers, revealing the complex and often unjust relationships between maids and their employers against the backdrop of the harsh racial prejudices of the time. Through these stories, Skeeter aims to write a book that unveils the true lives of African American maids. The novel highlights social injustice and racial prejudice, as well as the power of female friendship to transcend racial segregation.