In society, people tend to build invisible walls for others to follow and obey. In The Help and Pride and Prejudice there are barriers to the social world that the characters in The Help and Pride and Prejudice both break down. First of all, in Pride and Prejudice there is the aspect of love. In regency Europe, it was highly frowned upon for the upper classes to mate with the lower classes. It was frowned upon because class tension was so great that reputation mattered, and the upper classes did not want to be seen as less because it would affect their reputation. This initially hindered Mr. Darcy, but he saw Elizabeth and fell in love. The twist in the plot is that Elizabeth, who appears to be an upper class lady, has always been middle class. She had a certain demeanor that made her "attractive and elegant". (17.12) In The Help, the racial barrier is broken by Skeeter and the maids. Skeeter, as mentioned, was a white, middle-class writer who published newspaper articles. It was frowned upon to talk about racial issues at the time because the society was primarily made up of whites and whites did not want their race to be slandered. In the 1960s, Jacksonville was very prejudicial and segregated. Blacks didn't hang out with whites unless blacks worked for them. This is the opposite of The Help because Skeeter approached the maids asking to work for them. THE