An allegory is a story that has a literal and symbolic meaning to it. The symbolic meaning often relates to a time or event where the event has an actual meaning that pertains to life. Sneeches is a story about discrimination, how star bellied Sneeches feel like they are above plain bellied Sneeches. Throughout the whole story the original star sneeches try and stay above the original plain sneeches. This theme could be closely related to the discrimination of race, gender, and discriminatory factors within the U.S. and throughout history. The man that felicitates the need of the Sneeches and makes a profit off of their need to be different could be closely resembled as the profits from poll taxes or the surcharges for being just that much better. The theme in this story could also be drawn to the actions that come from a neighborhood rivalry. When a neighbor gets something new and another neighbor has to one-up them in order to be better than that person. The starts in the story would be that difference. Whether you are with or without one is the factor that they discriminate against. At the end of the story they get so worked up about being different and making sure that they are better that the other sneeches that they lose who they actually are. In the end they cannot differentiate between the original star and starless sneeches so they have to get along and work together. At this point parallels could be drawn to the period of equality that results form inequality reform.
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