Movie Assessment: The Help
Movie Assessment: The Help
Destinee M. Loper and Sydni D. Beale
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
North Carolina A&T State University
Social Psychology 420
This movie was chosen because it was viewed as a proper representation of the power of influence. It shows how large of a role influence can play specifically during times of adversity. This movie also shows one’s strive to fit in and how the opinion of others can determine how one lives their life. As displayed in the movie, many often lose themselves when striving to fit in and/or be perfect. For some reason, Skeeter decided to shy away from the domestic aspect of her advice column and direct her focus to “the help” themselves. She was curious to know why a difference in skin …show more content…
These female servants do the cooking and cleaning, but their major responsibility is caring for the children. The servants get passed down within families from generation to generation, so the child they raised ultimately becomes the boss. Aibileen Clark is one such servant, who works for Skeeter’s friend, Elizabeth Leefolt. Skeeter asks Aibileen to help her with her newly acquired job, answering a housekeeping advice column. However, incidents that happen around Skeeter, including her mother being dishonest about what happened to their own now absent female servant, the elderly Constantine Jefferson, who raised Skeeter and who Skeeter loved like a mother, made Skeeter come to the decision to write about the experiences of the black female servants in relation to their white bosses. Elaine Stein, a senior editor with Harper & Row in New York, approves Skeeter’s concept, but she knows that she is getting the servants to talk, which Skeeter ultimately discovers is against the law in Mississippi, therefore will be difficult if not …show more content…
They were considered to be lower than even the poorest white person in the majority of the Jackson community’s eyes. The words and actions of the elites tormented the feelings and attitudes of the maids. The maids were discriminated against of course because of the color of their skin but also their individual differences. Hilly, one of the Elites, overestimated the maids and did not realize how much them speaking would hurt her life in many ways. This could be an example of fundamental attribution error. When comparing the maids to the elites their construals are uniquely different because they both live in different worlds and interpret the world differently. One particular character in the story Celia Ray Foote suffered from a major self esteem problem. Celia Ray Foote’s evaluation of her own self worth was due to the way other people made her feel about
Destinee M. Loper and Sydni D. Beale
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
North Carolina A&T State University
Social Psychology 420
This movie was chosen because it was viewed as a proper representation of the power of influence. It shows how large of a role influence can play specifically during times of adversity. This movie also shows one’s strive to fit in and how the opinion of others can determine how one lives their life. As displayed in the movie, many often lose themselves when striving to fit in and/or be perfect. For some reason, Skeeter decided to shy away from the domestic aspect of her advice column and direct her focus to “the help” themselves. She was curious to know why a difference in skin …show more content…
These female servants do the cooking and cleaning, but their major responsibility is caring for the children. The servants get passed down within families from generation to generation, so the child they raised ultimately becomes the boss. Aibileen Clark is one such servant, who works for Skeeter’s friend, Elizabeth Leefolt. Skeeter asks Aibileen to help her with her newly acquired job, answering a housekeeping advice column. However, incidents that happen around Skeeter, including her mother being dishonest about what happened to their own now absent female servant, the elderly Constantine Jefferson, who raised Skeeter and who Skeeter loved like a mother, made Skeeter come to the decision to write about the experiences of the black female servants in relation to their white bosses. Elaine Stein, a senior editor with Harper & Row in New York, approves Skeeter’s concept, but she knows that she is getting the servants to talk, which Skeeter ultimately discovers is against the law in Mississippi, therefore will be difficult if not …show more content…
They were considered to be lower than even the poorest white person in the majority of the Jackson community’s eyes. The words and actions of the elites tormented the feelings and attitudes of the maids. The maids were discriminated against of course because of the color of their skin but also their individual differences. Hilly, one of the Elites, overestimated the maids and did not realize how much them speaking would hurt her life in many ways. This could be an example of fundamental attribution error. When comparing the maids to the elites their construals are uniquely different because they both live in different worlds and interpret the world differently. One particular character in the story Celia Ray Foote suffered from a major self esteem problem. Celia Ray Foote’s evaluation of her own self worth was due to the way other people made her feel about