Miss Leefolt Aibileen’s boss installs a second bathroom for the 'colored help,' and when she tells Aibileen to try it out she says “I use my colored bathroom from now on. The theme of racism is portrayed vividly in the novel when Hilly Holbrook implies that “black people should have to use different bathrooms in white homes because she believes they carry disease”, this is said as Aibileen is present. In contrast to the film Forrest Gump the maid the audience is shown in the scene sitting next to Forrest at the bus stop Zemeckis positions them on an equal level using a medium shot Forrest states “I bet those shoes are comfy” the camera angel switches to a up close downward shot of her shoes which look do look comfy to the audience however she replies “My feet hurt”, which indicates to the audience she still works hard long hours. In the novel Stockett uses African-American dialect English when writing from the views of Minny and Aibileen, by doing so this gives a unique voice to the characters. In contrast to the film Forrest Gump, which Zemeckis uses Forrest who is both physically and mentally challenged but also the protagonist himself to convey his idea. The idea of social racism is explored via the characterisation in The Help by Stockett rotating between the three protagonists Aibileen, Minny, Skeeter, and Hilly though out the book the main protagonist narrates in first person, allowing readers to see through the characters eyes, allowing the readers to feel sympathetic with the main characters.
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