The single line from the novel that can stand to represent the entire thematic significance and the novel as a whole. While it can represent more than four-hundred pages the it shows the significance of child influence in both the the twentieth century and any other time. Many people cite children as one of the most honest and susceptible figures in day to day life. Children are the most vulnerable to any influence around them. With Stockett's anthem of the novel revolving around the scope she identifies the anthem of change: children. The children are the coming generations, they are the sole human beings that will be amongst the planet.
Also children can be recognized as the most honest Stockett identifies racism as a unnatural occurrence in human society. The identification has drastic implications because as she recognizes something as unnatural in society she is recognizing a stemming of hatred from somewhere else, but the question is, is racism a natural occurrence in that people are naturally going to discriminate against those who are different from them.
I personally believe that it is ingrained in the human capacity and the human function to discriminate against those who appear different to us, specifically in physical complexion and pigmentation. Even though the child in The Help is metaphorically blind to the racism occurring all around her, she still has an innate ability of distinguishing between different races and asserting a superior one, or does she?
Though people cannot resist discrimination, I do not completely believe that children will discriminate. The project with showing children black and white dolls shows that children have a sense of what's associated with what.
Also children can be recognized as the most honest Stockett identifies racism as a unnatural occurrence in human society. The identification has drastic implications because as she recognizes something as unnatural in society she is recognizing a stemming of hatred from somewhere else, but the question is, is racism a natural occurrence in that people are naturally going to discriminate against those who are different from them.
I personally believe that it is ingrained in the human capacity and the human function to discriminate against those who appear different to us, specifically in physical complexion and pigmentation. Even though the child in The Help is metaphorically blind to the racism occurring all around her, she still has an innate ability of distinguishing between different races and asserting a superior one, or does she?
Though people cannot resist discrimination, I do not completely believe that children will discriminate. The project with showing children black and white dolls shows that children have a sense of what's associated with what.