The overall outlook surrounding the story described in The Help can be told from two different perspectives: those of the African-American maids of the south, along with their family and friends, and the White employers who oppose the rights of the African-Americans, including the central stereotype: Miss Hilly Holbrook, who is also seen as the infamous antagonist in the story. Miss Hilly is the uptight character whom most of the African-American maids loathe, for her mistreatment among the rest. Her challenging position will affect the story and add to the hectic that is raised from her actions.
The negative attitude and sense of overpowerment of the infamous Miss Hilly Holbrook gives the story a feeling of rebellion, which is one of the main themes. Throughout the story, as well as throughout the different perspectives, there are many rebellious actions taken against Miss Hilly for her mistreatment, such as…show more content… Near the introduction of the novel there is a positive, mutualistic relationship between Miss Skeeter and Miss Hilly that is portrayed in the bridge club, yet when Miss Hilly later discovers the reason Miss Skeeter has been acting so weird lately because of the book that she was working on with Aibileen, she soon takes action into her own hands. One of the villainous acts of revenge that negatively affected Miss Skeeter’s social status was that Miss Hilly kicked her out of all of the local organizations, including the bridge club and the League, and this caused Miss Skeeter to be frowned and to be looked down upon by the rest of the League and local residents. There was a type of back-and-forth revenge relationship by the middle-end of the story, and it was primarily challenged by Miss Hilly. The result of this relationship would later be summed up in the book that is written by Miss Skeeter, and will ultimately help her gain victory over Miss
