Challenges in Adapting a Book Into a Movie

Adapting a book into a film seems like a challenge, but a challenge I woud love to take on. In the book, The Help, there are many scenes that a movie would have to include in order for the film to have the same affect as the book. The one that sticks out the most is when Mister Johnny finds Minny cleaning his home. His wife had been hiding the fact that she had hired a maid in order to make it look like she knew how to run a home. The showed well minny's fears as well as what might actually happen is a white man had found a random black woman in his home during that time period. You really get to know Minny as a character and how she would react in a given senerio. Another scene I would have to keep is when Miss. Skeeter goes on a date with the very arogant bachlor. It gives great insight into Miss. Skeeters struggles and how she is different than many of the young women from her time period. The last scene that I think is vital in making a successful movie would be when Skeeter asks Minny to be the main character in her book she is about to begin writing about 'the help'. This is a scene that also shows Minny's attitude toward her job, her place in society and white women. I think there are also parts that could be felt out of the movie such as when Minny gets yelled at by Mister Johnny's wife. It doesn't have anything to do with the story and I think there are already enough examples of Minny being mistreated. You could also leave out the part about the help raising people's children and how the children they raise end up hiring them as 'the help'. It's also an unneeded detail that does not need addressed as much as it is.