tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post6150169113509575755..comments2024-01-26T09:29:04.765-08:00Comments on My American Meltingpot: White People Black History: First Up Kathryn StockettProfessor Tharpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714326142739366426noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-77789223217450076952014-12-13T04:46:18.531-08:002014-12-13T04:46:18.531-08:00To me, this book was not so much about civil right...To me, this book was not so much about civil rights as it was about sisterhood. Women from different races finding a bond that is stronger and more powerful then any of them have had before. It's about girls who watch each other's back's , worry about one another, and pray for each other. And that, reader, is a beautiful thing to behold.<br /><a href="http://www.kingfishercharters.co/Alaska-Fishing-Lodge.php" rel="nofollow">I like this site :: Alaska Fishing Lodge Sitka AK, recommended</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00118707550077647899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-4137345916355589532012-02-20T11:32:57.431-08:002012-02-20T11:32:57.431-08:00I had a very large, multi-paragraph response to yo...I had a very large, multi-paragraph response to your post, but I'll leave it at this:<br /><br />I was very angry with the novel, the author, the film, the controversy -- but in December, my granmother told us she'd worked as 'the help' in Eastern Ohio, and...I stopped being angry.<br /><br />I'm 27 years old. <br /><br />I've got more than enough time left in my life to ignore Stockett's lazy, silly trite and get to understanding my own Grandmother's story -- lest I find myself in 27 more years, typing furiously on the internet at the revival of yet another simple, "The Help-esque" narrative.Crossing Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784832078896201863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-1925906558603380282012-02-06T09:18:45.000-08:002012-02-06T09:18:45.000-08:00Judaye,
Thanks for the post. I think you're ab...Judaye,<br />Thanks for the post. I think you're absolutely right that all the 'controversy' only served to make the book more popular. C'est la vie.Professor Tharpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714326142739366426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-86913062018645621792012-02-04T11:58:21.174-08:002012-02-04T11:58:21.174-08:00I only read the first chapter of the book and got ...I only read the first chapter of the book and got bored. Usually, if the first chapter doesn't hold me, I move on.<br /><br />Maybe the book was about black women helping a white girl because that is what Stockett could understand and imagine at the time she wrote The Help. <br /><br />Many people liked the book and it sold well. I think it was okay for her to write The Help, but some people are upset because they think that readers believe that Stockett's fictional story is actual reality. Maybe some people do believe it. Maybe some of her story is true. I just think the controversy over the book was overblown and it "helped" The Help become more popular. Seriously, did the book actually change public consciousness about anything?Judayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09993053085660743467noreply@blogger.com