Sneetches

When i first saw this video i thought about segregation which led to me thinking about the Scottsburogh boy and Willie McGee. It got me thinking about the U.S. and how we used to treat colored people, but now its all in the past just like in the video how they all got along. I just think there are those people who are all snooty and they think they are all better than everyone else. I think that this relates to Willie McGee, the Scottsburogh boys, and To Kill a Mockingbird because it deals with racism.

The Sneteches On the Beeches

What I immediately thought when I watched the film was was that this reminded me of apartheid, segregation, and racism, in th U.S. ,South Africa, and many other countries. I'm glad to say that I don't really think there is  set group of people like the star bellies in our society, there are just those people who think they are better than everyone. Although, there used to be a set group: The Whites. this film is related to Willie McGee and the Scottsboro Boys because the white people thought they were better than blacks. It relates to To Kill a Mockingbird because that also has to do with racism.

Sneetches

Well my reaction when I watched this at first was all avout isolating a different group of people, which obviously is segregation. It was wrong that the star-bellies teased the Non star-bellies because they thought they were superior. That kind of stuff happens all the time in real life escpecially with Black and White people. If the man hadn't switched the Star-bellies, they would have kept teasing the Non star-bellies because they were different but now that they got switched, they know how it feels and the tables have turned. The film reveals that one group or race of people didn't think the other group was superior to them or equal which just comes down to being prejudice. The people here that are star-bellies are people who think they are better than everyone else. In the adult community, those people would be famous actors, singers, etc. They think no-one is equal to them because they are amazing. In the kid community, the star-bellies would be the popular snobby kids, or the rich kids for the same reason. This film connects to both the case of Willie McGee and The Scottsboro boys. In both cases the star-bellies were considered the superior white people and the non star-bellies were the black people who were treated like dirt like in the film. As a black man, Willie McGee had no chance against a white judge and all white jury just like the small amount of non star-bellies didn't stand a chance compared to the star-bellies. In the case of the scottsboro boys, it is the same beginning as the willie mcgee case, but it ended differently. Jusrt like in the film, The Scottsboro boys got the justice that was needed and they all lived and didn't go to jail which is sort of what happened in the film. In the film the man came and switched the stars around on their bellies to prove that they were equal and justice was also served. No matter what race, color, religion, or nationality they are, EVERYONE IS EQUAL. This film connects to the novel we just started in several ways. One way is that how the the Radley family is very shy and never comes out and they are usually quiet so the neighbors treat them like they are different. Because the neighbors think they are different, they want nothing to do with them and they keep to themselves which is what happened in the film. All in all, I don't thinkl segregation and racism are right and no-one should. It is wrong to think and act like you are superior over someone else because there may be differences in people but altogether everone is the same.

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

My initial reaction to the video was that it was about segregation. The sneetches with the stars were the whites and the sneetches without the stars were the blacks. The sneetches with the stars thought they were better than the sneetches without the stars and would do anything for them to always be better than the sneetches without the stars. The ones without the stars could not do any of the activities that the ones with stars were doing. The ones with stars never included the ones without stars. This video relates to the book because in the 1930s, there was segregation just as there was in the video.

Sneetches

My inital reaction was segregation. Segregation was just about the same thing as what the star bellied sneetches are doing. They are making the other sneetches feel like they are no one. They exclude them from every activity because they weren't worthy enough. The star bellied sneetches acted like they were the most important sneetches because they had stars on their bellies. The star bellied sneetches are like the white people in our community. They think they are better because of skin color. This story is just like the story about Willy McGee and The Scotsboro boys. All three stories have to do with segregation. For example, in the story of Willy McGee they blamed him for rape because a white women said so. They believe what the white person says just because they are white. In the Scotsboro boys, again, they believed the two white girls over the boys because they were white. And now in the Sneetches, they think the non-starred bellied sneetches have done something wrong because they don't have a star. In the world today it isn't this bad anymore. We still have some problems with it but it's not too bad anymore. This story of the Sneetches has similarites To Kill A Mockingbird. It all has to do with the way people look. It seems to be against the law to have a different skin color, or a starred belly. We are all humans. We are all the same.

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.

sneetches response

My first reaction to the Sneetches video is how this type of stuff happens everyday in real life. People get rejected to certain social groups strictly on their appearance on a daily basis. The original star-bellies in our community are the whites who think they are better than others based on skin color. The story connects with Willie McGee and the Scottsboro Boys because the star-bellies seem to think that the non-star bellies have committed some type of crime just because they aren't exactly the same. The Sneetches story connects with our world today because there are still many racist people in the world. This video shows that people should stop judging and get to know somebody before judging on looks.

Sneetches

This video is about prejudice in every way shape and form. People that are prejudice against others want nothing to do with them let alone interact with them. I believe in my school, the Sneetches are the ones with more money or with big attitudes because they believe that they are better and more important than others. They feel they way they walk, talk, or dress is better than the way other people do. This relates to Willie McGee and the Scottsboro boys because they were both mostly went to court and jail due to they were blacks and the women they were accused of assaulting were white. The thought of even having relations with a white woman was preposterous. Today, you see this kind of feeling towards people all over. They are merely threatened by those that are different. I think the story of the Sneetches may relate to our novel because it may deal with being prejudice as well as the other stories we've heard. Being prejudice is the reasons for most of the conflicts in the world today. I am glad that I'm not prejudice against people especially those that are my best friends.

Sneetches

This video relates to everything we're learning in class because all of them are sneetches just like all of us are humans but one thinks it is better because it has a star in its stomach; justlike whites think they are better because of their skin color. The star bellies are the whites in our community. This video also shows that we could all be the same if we really wanted to but the way we think is what stops us from getting along. This video is like willy mcgee and the boys because it was such a huge crime for a black man to have a relationship with a white women but no one said anything about a white man having a relationship with a black women. In this video i feel it would be the same way with the star bellies and non-star bellies. I feel this video was a very good way to show prejudice in a less harsh way.

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Watch the Dr. Seuss cartoon posted to the blog. Post a thoughtful response to the movie on our blog. Your response should address your intitial reactions to the film, what you think the film reveals about prejudice, who the star-bellies are in your community, school, etc..., and any other reactions/responses/connections you have to the story. How does this film connect to Willie McGee and the Scottsboro Boys? How does this story connect to the world we live in today? How might this film connect to the novel we have just started?

4/8 Assignment