Sneetches Without Stars Analysis

different than you….and even though the only thing you may have in common with another is

Few people are going to openly admit to being prejudice against people of other races, gender, and religions. However that doesn’t stop many of us from having unintentional racist thoughts. In 1979, Henri Tajfel, a social psychologist, proposed that “the groups which people belonged to are an important source of pride and self-esteem. Groups give us a sense of social identity: a sense of belonging to the social world.” This ideal of categorizing and subconsciously labeling ourselves is better known as “Social Identity Theory”. Tajfel continues by saying “In order to increase our self-image we enhance the status of the group to which we belong. For example, England is the best country in the world! We can also increase our self-image by discriminating and holding prejudice views against the out group (the group we don’t belong to). For example, the Americans, French etc. are a bunch of losers! Therefore, we divided the world into “them” and “us” based through a process of social categorization (i.e. we put people into social groups). This is known as in-group (us) and out-group (them). Social identity theory states that the in-group will discriminate against the out-group to enhance their self-image.” We all unintentionally discriminate against others that are in the “out-group”, and by doing this we are excluding ourselves from certain religions, cultures, races, and even genders. This ideal of labeling ourselves can be traced back to childhood and factors such as where we

Many, if not most, of the people in today's generation are constantly judged by others and even themselves based on what their identity comprises of. The concept of racial injustice and inequality among ethnic minorities constantly fills the media. Women's rights issues seem to arise rapidly whenever a single female is mistreated in the slightest way. The debate on homosexuality is also an enormous topic in our social lives today, with millions of supporters for it, but also millions against it. This internal segregation within our own human population is nothing new, since it has been continuing ever since verbal and written communication with each other has existed. All these components, and many more, are a huge part of what identifies a

“Back when I was in school I was always fascinated, about stars and the planets.”

Out of around 7.347 billion people in the world, there is not one person who is the exact same. We all have physical differences, we all talk differently, think differently, we have different interests, motivated differently, different drives, desires, we all have different goals and dreams.

For generations society has been separating and categorizing mankind into stereotypes. Everyone and anyone on earth has been placed within a prospective category. If not by race, then appearance, income, or by social standing. Although sometimes mankind takes these separations to an extreme, like trying to dispose of a thousands of people, just because of their religion and beliefs. These separations and categorizations can wreak havoc on the human mind. Some even hallucinating in order to cope with the stress of

Seuss(Theodor Geisel) is trying to portray is that the world is very corrupt. He, even in children’s books is trying to show the kids/readers in fun, rhyming cartoons that people can be evil and nothing is perfect/right. For example, in the book “Yertle the Turtle” the overall picture, even though you may not realize it is that Yertle is portrayed as Hitler. Yertle is the king of the pond but he still wants more, just like how Hitler had a lot of power over Germany that wasn’t good enough for him. Hitler keeps pushing and gaining more power, because his overall goal is to rule the world.

Would you want to live in a world where everyone is the same? If you answered no to that question, then what is wrong with being different? Everyone says be yourself but when you do you get hassled about it, but when it comes down to it, everyone wants you to blend in and be “normal”. We are all made unique for a reason, and just to clarify, unique is defined as existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics.

Our differences define us. Although everyone has their similarities, no two people are completely uniform. People often fall into one of two groups, followers and leaders. Those who are followers make few choices for themselves. They follow the flow of the river, go along with the crowd.

As the great American writer Audre Lorde had voiced, “unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.” This demonstrates that the hierarchical standard of an admirable human is not someone who is seen within darkness or dissociation from a social state. People are naturally imposed on wanting to gain an infiltrated categorization of themselves.

Our country is widely practicing segregation. By participating the practice, people tend to change who they are so they can do certain things, or even avoid things like hate crime. It’s hard to accept your personal identity when others around you expect you to be someone you’re not. From a sociologists perspective, the labeling theory helps us understand why our world categorizes everyone into false perceptions.

Sometimes people find themselves trapped between the lesser of two evils, struggle with which to identify with. These “choices” though not really choices at all, are given to people everyday and we are forced to suffer or benefit from the consequences of each choice. Now, these are choices that we, ourselves didn’t even pick ourselves, but rather the accident of birth and genetics chose for us before we were even ourselves. The choices I speak about here are the ways in which people deal with intersecting realms of class, race, and gender. Some say that we lose a part of ourselves when we attempt to change how people perceive our class or race, but can we truly change who we are? And do we lose a part of ourselves by trying to be something else?

The book “Stargirl” tells a story about a homeschooled girl that meet new people and how the world the surrounds her work. But, this girl is not an ordinary girl, something deep in her character is making her different than other people.

Dr. Seuss’s books enriched my understanding of children’s literature. Dr. Seuss thinking are also my thoughts. Children need to be able to put themselves in others shoes. Dr. Seuss teaches morals, values and by us living in a multicultural society it teaches different.

Fensch, Thomas. The Man Who Was Dr. Seuss: The Life of Theodore Seuss. Texas: New Century Books, 2000. Print.