The Help Book Report

Natalie Mark

Mr. May

English 3A

9-19-12

The Help-World Of Reading Essay

 

 

I found the end of The Help very unsatisfying. It's not one of those endings where everything turns out good, it's one of those endings that leaves a big hole in the bottom of your heart. I find it interesting and very unique, it's a very bittersweet and somber ending. I feel really bad and sympathetic for Skeeter. I thought the ending was very, very, unpredictable. I thought everything was gonna be good and alright in the end, but it wasn't. I could have seen it coming from the beginning of the book but when it came up it was still really sad. The end wraps everything up perfectly, her mother dies and she gets her book. Like I said, bittersweet symphony.

 

The ending didn't seem to neat to me, I was wondering where her boyfriend went and if he would ever come back. I thought they had a really wonderful connection and it seemed sad when he left.

 

If I could change the ending, I wouldn't. First of all, why would I, it's not my book! Second, it's so perfect. It's just so brilliant. Everything in the book just fits together like a beautiful literary puzzle. And that doesn't happen often, so when it does, I don't think I have a right to change it. But if I could, I would have her mother still live, that would be a little predictable, but satisfying.

As for the main character, Skeeter goes from a popular, strange, aspiring writer, to become a wirier, a civil rights activist, and a better person. Character development is the most important thing in a story. It says-"Is this character mature?" And this book does nothing but that.

This book is a rare, rare, thing. I almost never see a book that is so cool, accurate, and relatable. Most books think they need a big plot and fancy characters and stuff like that. When all they need is good writing, and a good idea.