The Star-Belly Sneetches Analysis

When we think of prejudice, we often think of racism. However, racism and prejudice are not interchangeable terms. Through the phrase “power plus prejudice,” we have learned that racism, for example, can only be achieved with power. One can only be racist towards someone else if he or she has the power to do so. Meaning, is this person white or black? If they’re white, they have power ergo can be racist. Throughout both “Mixed Blood Stew” by Jewell Parker Rhodes and the story “The Sneetches” by Dr. Seuss, the concept of power plus prejudice is portrayed.

A multicultural classroom needs to provide a safe and accepting environment for successful learning, prevents prejudices and discriminations from the class, and have a strong cultural consciousness. (E.K. Garcia, 2016) To accomplish this, teachers should be integrating a diverse list of reading materials, introduce

The learning activity chosen is for year 3 students, having the children chose a book they have read and enjoyed and get them to write up a book report detailing the Main characters, what happens at the start of the book, middle of the book and at the end along with the child’s personal connection with the book, what they think may happen to the characters after the story has finished and if they like the book or not and if they would recommend it to others. They will need to use the form provided to describe the main characters in the books and give an overview of what happens in the start, middle and end of the book. The children will also be required to explore the personal connection they have with the book and what they thought of the

The book I chose to do an integrated unit on was The Skin You Live In by Michael Taylor with second grade students aged 7-8 years old. The big, colorful pages are vibrant and easy to absorb. This book delivers an important message about acceptance to young readers. It also has a great message that we are all different and the same and we should love ourselves for who we are. I have developed three activities that introduce concept explorations and challenge students to accept all cultures. It is very beneficial to involve learning students cognitively, emotionally, and physically. These lessons demonstrate learning experiences that are beneficial and relevant to children all over the world (Davis, 2011).

The Sneetches was a very good show that showed us many valuable lessons in life today. This was a book originally written by Dr. Seuss that was turned into a show. In this show, there were two different kinds of sneetches. One kind of sneetch had stars and the other ones did not. They both learned a valuable lesson. The plain-bellied sneetches were getting tired of the star-bellied sneetches thinking they were better than them. First, the sneetches without stars tried to get stars on their bellies from a guy with a machine. They thought that they were the same now. The star-bellied sneetches didn’t like that because they were the originals and it wasn’t fair that the plain-bellied sneetches had stars now. So the star-bellied sneetches got their

Brooks and McNair (2009) begin their essay by pointing out that in children’s literature rarely are main characters African American and written by African American authors. Several African American authors were rejected by publishers because their work did not fit the publisher’s idea of what an African American family should look like. One unfortunate example of this is when a publisher wanted the father to be edited out of a story written by an African American. The author had to fight for the right to keep the father in the story. Stories like this are common for African American authors. African Americans have been marginalized in children’s literature when they are omitted and stereotyped.

Obviously from the title of this book, this excerpt is intended for children; for that reason, the text is exceedingly easy to read and understand. In fact, the first thing I noticed about this particular excerpt is the simplistic sentence structure and elementary word choice. Since the intended audience is young children, the short sentences and uncomplicated words reflect that. The author, William Carus Wilson, knew that kids have a very little attention span, so he made each sentence brief and to the point. And his consideration of children’s limited vocabulary made him use simple words like good or bad to describe objects. Another thing I picked up on in my annotations, is that the author uses underlying rhetoric techniques to influence the way kids think. He attempts to convince audience justified racism through nationalism,

“Those stars weren't so big. They were really so small You might think such a thing wouldn't matter at

The Sneetches is one of the children's book stories written by the late Theodor Seuss Geisel's better known as Dr. Suess. It is about two creatures, separated by the stars on their bellies. The Sneetches with the star-belly were the best, and looked down upon the Sneetches without star belly. However, Sneetches without the principals (stars), were the plain-belly Sneetches and were forbidden from linking up with the star-belly Sneetches which kept them in a dejected and oppressed manner.

If we allow our children to read material full of stereotypes, we are doing an injustice to both our children and the entire Nartive American race. When selecting a children's book, one must be cautious to

Many know Dr. Seuss as a beloved children’s author. Theodore Geisel began his career, however, writing political cartoons. Throughout his lifetime, he experienced World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. He frequently critiqued America’s social justice and political issues through these cartoons. Then, he started writing children's’ literature under the pseudonym “Dr. Seuss”, and continued his messages of morality and equality.

Having students read multicultural books are not only a great way to expand there knowledge, but it's also a great way to teach them important history periods by reading a book with a story. Giving students specific books to read will give them the opportunity to learn specific events without having to teach them with a textbook or lectures. In source D it explains about how children with the knowledge of multicultural books have better skills of their language and intensify their imagination skills.. It says, “For past three decades, researchers have continued to affirm that culturally authentic children's literature engages the imagination and enhances the language skills.” (source D).

We have observed how images hold “hidden messages”, discovered who Hugo Cabret is with the help of childhood models, now it is time to unveil how the setting of a story and multicultural within a story, can effect the perception of the read. Stacy Whitman states her findings in Obeso’s discussion, “How Multicultural Is Your Multiverse?” when she states, “there are a lot of mirrors for white readers, who can see themselves represented in fiction, but not quite as many for people of color” (Obeso) In Reading Children’s Literature, Hintz and Tribunella demonstrate that, “when we think about the audience of a book, we need to think about the experiences that can lead to different reader responses.” (361 Hintz, Tribunella) Together, their statements

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Before his death in 1991, Geisel, better known by the pseudonym “Dr. Seuss” wrote and illustrated over sixty children 's books. While being beloved for their effervescent characters and flowing rhymes, these books also contained more subversive ideas that shattered the preconceived notions of children’s literature. Hidden behind the colourfully illustrated pages of “Horton Hears a Who!”, “The Sneetches”, “Yertle the Turtle”, “The Butter Battle Book” and “The Lorax” lie unforeseen underlying meanings that range from the senselessness of war to environmentalism and the shortsightedness of corporate greed.

Dr. Seuss’s Butter Battle Book is reaching over into what was happening with the cold war. It is common for Dr. Seuss to tell a silly story such as a battle over butter; however, integrating the war into a children’s story to be aired on television is an easier way for children to understand what is happening around them. May times, children are intrigued with what adults talk about and do, consequently giving children a story such as this one gives them something to relate real-life issues to. In addition, making this into a children’s book not only lets children into reality it gives various parents who view the material before or at least with children. This makes children books appropriate and viewed by all ages. This story gives light