The Movie The Help is a story about the interactions of African-American handmaids with their white employers set in then-Jacksonville, Mississippi. of the civil rights movement. The film provides a glimpse into the daily life of the African-American worker – The Help – as she spends her days working for upper-class white families. It reveals the trials and tribulations of Help, exposing the culture of the earlier civil rights movement and leading audiences to critically consider American history. Of course, the film takes place in the South, which was more extremist in terms of its treatment of other races and the allowing of violence. The film presents relevant topics related to gender roles, preferential treatment based on sex/race, racism and racial arrogance, and the integration of culture and beliefs in society affecting lives many people and of all classes or sexes. Race plays an important role. role in the film in showing how race is greatly valued in this culture and that race is a crucial aspect of everyday life. The most obvious takeaway from the film is that race doesn't matter and that giving importance to race dehumanizes those with different racial characteristics. The characters in the film are socially conditioned to assume certain rights and beliefs regarding races, in this case white and black. White women are brainwashed and made to believe that their servants are lesser life forms who do not have the same rights or characteristics as them. For example, Miss Hillie commented that Minnie had to use the outhouse and the Helpers had to use their own toilets because they carried different diseases than them. What is more disturbing is that the other women participated in middle of paper ......ma and portrayed the handmaids as more virtuous and God-like individuals. this shows that in society, the middle and upper classes can be ignorant and treat their lower class employees as inferior to humans. This shows that money and human characteristics do not determine whether a person is a healthy or moral person. The film also challenges the idea that opportunities are not equally available to all. There is also a common theme that loving your enemy leads to greatness. This shows that society is surrounded by competition, which often leads to attitudes of hatred and greed. While society in the 1900s has a different context, society today has not necessarily changed significantly. There is still a stigma attached to race, gender roles and unequal opportunities. the film challenges audiences to see the changes needed to move forward as a community.