The Help Lesson Plan

What effect, if any, do you think Aibileen's stories will have on Mae Mobley? Are they enough to make a difference?

Mae Mobley is still young, and she gets lessons from her teacher that contradict what Aibileen has been trying to teach her. Still, Aibileen is more like a mother to her than her own mother. Their relationship is strong. While Aibileen's stories may seem silly to older students, they can likely remember stories they learned when they were younger--the tortoise and the hare, the boy who cried wolf--with morals. Isn't literature always just stories that attempt to teach readers something? Even stories read for pleasure, like Harry Potter, have strong and...