Equality for All

Throughout history, people have been discriminating against others with one exterior difference. Until 1865, african americans had been enslaved because of the color of their skin. On the Titanic, the lower classes were left to die, locked below. Dr. Seuss displays this in his own, child friendly way in his book, The Sneetches. In the book, there are two types of Sneetches. Sneetches who have stars on their bellies and Sneetches without stars on their bellies. So the Sneetches without stars put stars on their bellies. Angered, the Sneetches with new stars take their stars off, and the cycle keeps going, until everyone is so confused about who is who that they decide they don't care anymore. It think the main reason Dr. Seuss wrote this is to show that you cannot judge someone on an exterior flaw if you don't know what they are truly like.

Today, with new, expensive technology and games, its easy for kids to think that their friend isn't as good as them because they don't have an ipad to play on. Or that the reason they don't have an ipad to play on is because of the country they're from or the color of their skin. But it's just not true. That's why it is even more important now for kids to have books like The Sneetches more than ever. Another reason why it is important for kids to read this book is that Dr. Seuss doesn't have a character directly come out and say that all the Sneetches are equal. He has the Sneetches figure it out for themselves.  This means that even if kids don't realize it the first time they read this book,  they'll know that in the back of their minds that no one is better than them and they aren't better than anyone else.

It think that it is important that Dr. Seuss wrote a book like this for little kids. They are the future of this country, and they should know that a physical characteristic does not make them worse than anyone else.  Also, it is inevitable for someone to never meet anyone that has a different physical characteristic than them, so they should know that just because someone looks one way or has more things than you doesn't make them any better or you any worse.  Whether its the amount of money their family makes or where there family is from, this book teaches kids that all that truly matters is who you are on the inside. That is one of the most important lessons for kids to learn.