When Language Fails: A Critical Analysis Essay of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help:
Abstract
A critical analysis essay of Kathryn Stockett\u27s New York Times Bestselling book, The Help, and it\u27s subsequent film adaptation, and how in recent years, particularly following the murder of George Floyd, the story has been used as a classroom tool for teaching students about racism and its effects. Written by a Black student in a primarily white school community, this essay was written as an antithesis to the ideology that the book and movie exceed their intended intentions of being a beneficial teaching tool to youth.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/blackalbummixtape/1032/thumbnail.jp- text
- The Help
- Race
- Racism
- Black Lives Matter
- Evan McCreary
- Kathryn Stockett
- The Help movie
- African American Studies
- American Film Studies
- American Literature
- American Popular Culture
- Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory
- Literature in English, North America
- Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority
- Modern Literature
- Other Film and Media Studies
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