What happened to the perfect husband with the perfect wife and children? Well, let's just say reality has set in. Not all relationships are the same or as they seem. After reading A Doll's House, Thing's Fall Apart, and The Help, it became apparent that relationships turn out differently depending on how one person in the relationship acts. In A Doll's House Helmer doesn't always treat his wife Nora as he should, and she in turn doesn't feel like he truly loves her, so nothing goes right. Okonkwo in Thing's Fall Apart sees what his relationship with his father was like and realizes that he wishes he wasn't like that; so he basically showed no emotions to anyone and as a result he can't handle them all and ends his life. A report that shows how a relationship can become good is in the book The Help. In The Help the relationship Alibeen has with the children she takes care of is an example of a good relationship and how it should end well. In the play A Doll's House and the novels Things Fall Apart and The Help the characters show that the way one person behaves towards another can drastically influence whether their relationship is a positive or negative outcome. In the play A Doll's House and the novels Things Fall Apart and The Help the characters show how the effort put into a relationship, or the care shown for the other person, can be returned in return. In The Help the characters Alibeen and the little girl she cares for, Mae Mobley, form this bond that would traditionally be between mother and daughter. Alibeen teaches Mae Mobley things a mother can't wait to teach her daughter. It teaches her to use the bathroom, it teaches her to be kind, but the most important lesson is that it teaches her ho...... middle of paper...... Association. Np, March 2011. Web. 15 April 2014. .Karbo, Karen. “Friendship: The Laws of Attraction.” Psychology Today November 1, 2006. Web. April 15, 2014. .Mattingly, Brent. “How your relationships shape who you are, for better and/or worse.” Relationship science. Np, April 9, 2014. Web. April 15, 2014.. Sarkis, Stephanie. “7 Keys to a Healthy and Happy Relationship.” Psychology today. NP, January 2, 2012. Network. March 20, 2014..Stockett, Kathryn. The help. New York: The Penguin Group, 2009. Print.