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Comparing The Sneetches And The Butter Battle Book

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Dr. Seuss was a children's book writer who typically wrote books for younger audiences. However, some of his books were meant for adults, and contained universal themes hidden within them. The short stories The Sneetches and The Butter Battle Book are two examples of his books that have these morals. The two books have three shared themes: discrimination, greed, and inconsideration. Dr. Seuss was a writer who reflected the human mindset and some of its traits in some of his writings which all have hidden meanings and should be taken into thought. To begin, discrimination is shown throughout these two books. In The Sneetches, the star-bellied Sneetches discriminate the plain-bellied Sneetches by saying that they’re not good enough to go to their parties and picnics. The star-bellied like to think that they’re superior but are really just the same. They treat the plain-bellied as if they are worthless and don’t deserve to be treated the same. In The Butter Battle Book, the Yooks and Zooks were divided because of the way they ate their bread and butter. The Yooks ate their bread and butter on top and the Zooks eat it the other way around. The Yooks and Zooks always criticized …show more content…

The Yooks created a bomb that would destroy the Zooks land. They were compelled to make a bomb that would hurt every single Zook because of one little difference. Both races are just greedy because they want to establish ‘the right way to eat bread and butter’. The star-bellied Sneetches were greedy and selfish because they liked the special treatment and being on top. Not only were the star-bellied greedy but the other kind was too. They only wanted to be like the ones with stars and didn’t think when they were giving their money to Sylvester McMonkey McBean because they were just greedy. Dr. Seuss is trying to demonstrate greed throughout his stories and wants one to know about what greed can compel people

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