The Community In Aibilen's The Help

Set in the 1960’s, The Help tells the story of lives of black women in the south. They play the role of the maids and nannies of the white women’s homes. One of the white women of the community is Skeeter. Skeeter wanted to be a writer, but the only place she could get a job was at the Jackson Journal writing the housekeeping advice column. Aibileen agreed to help skeeter write the column.While writing the column, Skeeter learns of all the things Aibileen has been through. Skeeter later receives a letter from a publisher in New York asking her to write real life stories from the help. Skeeter takes the news to Aibileen. Aibileen agrees to write the story along with her friend, Minnie. They spend long nights telling Skeeter their stories, and