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Equality In The Sneetches By Dr. Seuss

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The Importance Of Equality In the story The Sneetches written by Dr. Seuss, the central idea is equality; Seuss conveys this theme by using rhymes in a book for children. Theodor Seuss Geisel, who is known by his pseudonym: Dr. Seuss, was a children's book author who expressed his political opinion by weaving it into his creative rhymes. Seuss wrote about issues occurring all over the world, but composed his stories in the manner of “Beginner Books”. All of the books he wrote convey a strong message. One of his many wondrous and whimsical books, The Sneetches, is about two species who are ultimately the same, but they have one minuscule difference in their appearance. The popular tale was published in 1953 and is thought to be about antisemitism. …show more content…

The Star-Bellies host feasts and parties and never think to invite the Plain-Bellies to any of their extravaganzas. The Plain-Bellies feel excluded and inferior. They can not even participate in typical activities such as playing ball. “When the Star-Belly children went out to play ball, Could a Plain Belly get in the game? Not at all. You only could play if your bellies had stars And the Plain-Belly children had none upon thars” (Seuss 3). The Star-Bellied children automatically exclude the Plain-Bellies because that is what they know to do. The two types of Sneetches eventually realize that they should not treat each other differently. They notice when a stranger comes to the beach. The stranger, Sylvester McMonkey McBean, entices the Plain-Bellies with an invention that gives them stars. They all file into the machine one by one and suddenly, stars are not something that every Sneetch desires. “Then, of course, those with stars got all frightfully mad. To be wearing a star was frightfully bad” (12). The Sneetches are not content no matter what; all they want is to be the best kind of Sneetch on the beach. They realize that it is irrelevant whether they have a star or not. “That the Sneetches got really quite smart on that day. The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches. And no kind of

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