Compare And Contrast To Kill A Mockingbird And The Help

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The Help is set in Mississippi during the time of the Civil Rights Movement and contains historical facts from beginning to end. By including historical information in the plot the characters and events become more realistic and thus more vivid in the reader’s mind. In comparison to To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, another book that intertwines historical information into its plot, The Help is more goal effective than To Kill a Mockingbird, despite their similar themes. To Kill a Mockingbird centers around a court case in which an African American man is accused of rape and wrongly found guilty by the jury due to his race. On the other hand, The Help is a story about the hardships of the working African American woman during the time of the Civil Rights Era. While both of these stories deal with the struggle of the African American community during the same era, The Help is overall more effective because of its underlying humorous tone.
In The Help, the use of historical information is beautifully integrated into the plot so that the story line continues and is entertaining, yet remains historically accurate and informative. In addition, the historical information can be useful in the …show more content…
Just as The Help, To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the South during a time where racism was deeply ingrained into society. To Kill a Mockingbird deals with Tom Robinson’s case in which he was accused of raping a white woman. The jury finds Tom guilty despite Atticus Finch’s solid case proving that he was not guilty. This guilty sense was a testament to the racism that ran through the South, especially states like Alabama. Similarly to The Help, the historical information provides for a more effective and better developed setting. Without being set in the South the story would not have the same mood and would likely not have ended in a guilty
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