Mr. Wartman's Pd. 8 Class Blog
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Sneetches
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Sneteches On the Beeches
Sneetches
Monday, April 11, 2011
S-N-Double E-T-C-H-E-S
My reaction to this video is that it directly refers to how life was back in the 1930’s for the African Americans. The star bellied sneetches were look up to as the superior race and the plain bellied sneetches were frowned upon. Even though there wasn’t that much of a difference they still weren’t involved in any activities the star bellied sneetches were. Even star bellied parents taught their children not to talk to or play with the plain bellied sneetched. This refers to back in the 1930’s how African Americans were segregated among the whites. The blacks weren’t allowed to be involved in anything the whites did. They were pushed around because of the different color of their skin just like the plain bellied sneetches were. It’s not that anything was wrong with the plain bellied sneetches or the blacks; they were just pushed around because they were “different” than everybody else. This relates to To Kill A Mockingbird because of the discrimination and segregation between two groups of people.
Sneetches
Sneetches
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Sneetches
My instant reaction to this video was that I am so happy I get to watch this because it is my favorite Dr. Seuss story. This video relates to the 1930s because there is segregation. The star belly’s act as the white people of the time and say that the non star belly sneetches are inferior. The star belly’s don’t want to interact or even talk to the non stars, so they are being just as prejudice as white people of the time. This video has a connection with To Kill a Mockingbird because there is discrimination in the video and book.