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Birds Chirping Till Its Freedom
I came across a quote stating “Birds chirping till its freedom” that is shown in the text that racial discrimination is the main cause of segregation. Maya Angelou describes to us how the African Americans were treated and how the African Americans overcame this racial segregation. Maya Angelou relates the African Americans to “Caged Bird” and the whites to “Free Bird” to compare whites from African Americans. This truly shows us how unfair it was for African Americans just because of their colour. They were born with having no rights of freedom throughout their life. The quote “Birds chirping till its freedom” suggests to us how the African Americans will not stop singing until the segregation of African Americans and whites are no more …show more content…
Just because of their hatred towards African Americans the effects of racial discrimination are also explored in “The Help” novel as the Americans are brutal towards the African Americans as the Americans show no fear as African Americans are worthless towards white Americans.
The theme, ‘Racial discrimination plays a major role in segregation’ is conveyed in the novel ‘The Help’ written by Kaythryn Stockett when Abilene, a black maid who has been discriminated throughout the novel, has been accused of stealing jewellery from her employers house. This accusation is made by Hilly who has no proof of the event but as she is more dominant she forces Abilene to leave. Tate Taylor expresses the theme in this occasion as it ignites fire and revenge into Abilene which is also past onto the other maids. This is a direct expression of this theme as one black maid has been treated unfairly all the other black maids stand

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