‘The Help’ is a novel from 2009 by American author Kathryn Stockett.
It shows us how a society can be driven by prejudice, hatred, separation, and social inequalities. We see how our values and ideals of equality have changed through the years and how hopefully we have changed through the years.
The language used in the novel is a variety of English known as AAVE (African-American Vernacular English). AAVE was viewed to be ungrammatical and non-standard as it reflects a lack of knowledge and enthusiasm, it was previously thought to be a corrupt language reflecting black American?s economic failure triggered by the difficulty of integration. AAVE encompasses ungrammatical slang words and phrases like this sentence:
"Half this stuff don't have nothing to do with colored rights. Ain't but day-to-day business."
Despite the light and humorous appearance of the text, there are also intense topics and issues discussed that bring a more serious tone to the passage, thus a juxtaposition between execution and content is achieved which reveals that humor can be found within the darkest places.
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