Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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.

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