Would You Have Thought?

When I was younger I use to love watching this show, Hey Arnold! I know!!! This show was so much fun! For those deprived and weren’t exposed to Hey Arnold, it was about this kid named Arnold. However, he had a strange look to him; to put it bluntly he had a football shaped head. That little fact was what made him different. It didn’t really cause anything to be different but it was a point that Helga liked to emphasize. However, this tough girl front is just that, a front. In actuality she loves Arnold but doesn’t know how to tell him. That brings me to my comparison. Minny reminds me of Helga! For those who have read the book and seen the show (would be uncommon) you can see this to be likely if you just think of some of their characteristics.

An apparent characteristic that I think they share is their ability to get angry easily. Anger is the mask that they both hide behind. They believe that they can use their anger to intimidate people and have their way. The flaw to that is that their anger can sometimes cause them problems. In Minny’s case her anger causes her to lose jobs and makes people hesitant to hire her in the first place. Helga’s anger blocks her true feelings for Arnold which then causes them to not be together.

Another thing that makes them alike is their stubbornness. They want it their way always. This, in turn, leads to their need for control. Helga wants to control her friends and Minny wants to control the women that she works for.

However, the difference between Minny and Helga is the change that occurs in Minny. She learns to show that she cares and tries to control her anger. Even though in the Hey Arnold movie Helga confesses her love for Arnold, she tells him to forget it and goes back to being mean and nasty.