The Help
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Abuse
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Minny's husband is physically abusive but it isn't explicitly written.
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Addiction
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Alcoholism is talked about but none of the characters deal with it. It seems like one of the characters is an alcoholic but turns out to not be
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Alcoholism is talked about but none of the characters deal with it. It seems like one of the characters is an alcoholic but turns out to not be
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Does a cat die?
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A cat gets hit by a car but it lives
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A chicken dies, off screen
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Are there bugs?
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There's a mention of a cockroach
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
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Are any teeth damaged?
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A character's teeth are damaged because of stomach acid from constant vomiting - they get dentures
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Chapter 19 a maid tells about a baby dying in their arms
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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A character is thought to have cheated but this is disproved
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Does someone vomit?
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Chapter 18 Celia Foot vomits into a trash can
Chapter 25 Celia Foot vomits on the floor of a party
Chapter 25 Celia Foot vomits on the floor of a party
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Does someone have cancer?
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SPOILER: Skeeter's mom has stomach cancer
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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In a very emotional scene, a woman is shown miscarrying after locking herself in a bathroom. A lot of blood is shown and two women are shown cleaning it up and burying the miscarriage. The woman reveals that she has had previous miscarriages.
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Is there hate speech?
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It takes place in the 1960s in Jackson Mississippi. There is racist hate speech throughout the book
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Does the black guy die first?
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Several black people die (none of the main characters)
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
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Violence
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Chapter 18 has a very bloody miscarriage
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