In society, people tend to put up invisible walls that others can follow and obey. In The Help and Pride and Prejudice, there are barriers to the social world that the characters in The Help and Pride and Prejudice both break down. First, in Pride and Prejudice there is the aspect of love. In Regency Europe, it was very frowned upon for the upper classes to mate with the lower classes. This was frowned upon because class tension was so great that reputation mattered, and the upper classes did not want to be seen as inferior, but because it would affect their reputation. At first this embarrassed Mr. Darcy, but he saw Elizabeth and Fell in love. The plot twist is that Elizabeth, looking like an upper-class lady, was middle-class all along. She had a certain demeanor that made her “attractive and elegant.” (17.12) In The Help, the racial barrier is broken by Skeeter and the Handmaids. Skeeter, as mentioned, was a white, middle-class writer who published articles in newspapers. It was frowned upon to talk about racial issues at the time because society was predominantly white and white people did not want their race maligned. Jacksonville in the 1960s was very prejudiced and segregated. Black people didn't hang out with white people unless the white people worked for them. This is the opposite of The Help as Skeeter approached the maids asking them to work for them. THE