Conflict In Kathryn Stockett's The Help

In the novel, The Help (By:Kathryn Stockett), all the main characters take a risk to achieve a greater goal in the end. The maids and Miss. Skeeter (main characters) have this grand idea to make a change in their society. They write a book to tell how working for the white community during the time of the 1960’s is like. Throughout, these character’s journey they come to face with racism, justice, and many other conflicts and they have to work together in order to resolve this injustice. The Help exemplifies that, in order to change any conflict, one must be willing to take risks to overcome the challenge. In order to change conflict, one might even need to betray an acquaintance. During the beginning of the novel before Skeeter writes the book, she struggles with finding maids to assist her in details of how being the help during that time period is all about. Aibileen, the first maid to agree, was scared because her boss actually treated her slightly better than the other maids, but a certain character put her over the edge. “‘What changed your mind?’, ‘Miss Hilly’ stated Aibileen, I think of Hilly,
To kick start the plot of the feud between Hilly and Skeeter, Skeeter “accidentally” wrote in her article for the paper to drop off all of the community’s toilets in Hilly’s front yard. “‘Three dozen of them. Pots. Right smack on Miss Hilly's lawn. All different colors and shapes and sizes. Miss Skeeter done printed Hilly’s toilet announcement alright’” (399). Aibileen was walking with Mae Mobley, her bosses little girl, and she noticed all the pots scattered Hilly’s front lawn. Hilly got back at Skeeter like she always does and excluded her from any of the activities all the other women in the community are included in. In the end, Skeeter took a risk and knocked Hilly off of her high horse. With this said, in the end Skeeter created a stop for a