The Help: Comparing The Book And Movie

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In the story 'THE HELP' Minny’s character contrasts greatly with the one we see in the film. Firstly, in the book Minny is abused by her husband because Mr.Willam fires him from his job on saying of Mrs. Hilly. Similarly, in the film they show how she was abused, but not in detail as in why she was getting abused by him. In some ways this complicates the theme. In the novel the author shows why Minny is mad at the white ladies. Mostly because of her husband abusing her each day as well as getting fired from his job. However according to the film she is abused by him only because of racism. Moreover in the film Mr. Johnny gets to know about Minny by listening to Celia talk about her. According to the book Mr.Jhonny gets to know about her when