Why We Hate

Hate is a feeling that one must face at some point of their life. It tends to build out of frustration, inferiority, superiority, over-confidence, jealousy and lack of self esteem. Let us take the book The Help written by Kathryn Stockett, which portrays hatred in many ways. For instance, Hilly is a character that we detest because of the lack of positive characteristics the author describes her with. For example,"You cannot give these tribal people money. There is no Jitney 14 Grocery in the Ogaden Desert. And how would we even know if they're even feeding their kids with it? They're likely to go to the local voodoo tent and get a satanic tattoo with our money" is what Hilly says on chapter 13 of the book. This helps us see Hilly's ignorance about the lives and traditions of the African people. Secondly, Hilly believes that the African people in Jackson are poor because they are lazy and do not spend money wisely so therefore they do not deserve a living wage. Hilly is just using the poor children in Africa to try to paint a picture of herself as not being a racist. Lastly, Hilly is a character likely to be hated because by the end of the book she still does not change and improve into a better person. Hilly will probably in Jackson trying to cause chaos in the lives of the Africans, from what we can all see. In conclusion, every single person has hate within them. Some people choose to suppress it which others choose to express it, that is why us humans hate in the world.