To Kill A Mockingbird Comparative Essay

“To kill a Mockingbird” was set in the 1930s and “The Help” was set in the 1960s. Both book and movie were bad and the black people were not treated right, but I am going to start with the mockingbird. The book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee was in Maycomb Alabama. It this time the white people had servants and maids, unfortunately the were not treated well. The maids of that household would cook clean and even take care of the white people's children. The white people at that time did not even take care of their own children the black maids were more of a motherly figure than the actual mom. At this time also Black people could not use the same bathrooms as the whites. In this book the maid is considered to be Calpurnia. Atticus the
At that time there was a journalist that wanted to help the blacks out, but the black people were too afraid because of what could happen to them. They ended up writing and telling their stories in a book with some off it ending bad for them. One of the white people had been fed Shit in a pie. “Eat My Shit” had to add that Mr.Sweeney. Anyway after that the white person she had fed “The delicious Pie” Started to puke and it turned bad back on everyone else. After the book was published that lady started to read it and she saw that part in the book and the maid she threatened to send to jail for stealing even though she didn't steal anything. It was horrible for the blacks a both times but during The Help I feel like it was a lot worse. I am glad that today it is not like this. They had to use different bath rooms, eat in different rooms, and watch not there own children, but the white people's children. Both stories are similar in so many ways. In the end of The Help all of the black ladies participated in telling their stories of what they had been through with the white people witch is good because at first they were scared to. The Help was my favorite out of both of the movies and the