"The Sneetches" is an example of an allegory because, in my opinion, it kind of represents bullying. An allegory is a work with two levels of meaning, a literal one and a symbolic one. In such a work, most of the characters, objects, settings, and events represent abstract qualities. Personification is often used in traditional allegories. As in a fable or parable, the purpose of an allegory may be to convey truths about life, to teach religious or moral lessons, or to critcize social institutions. In "The Sneetches", the sneetches with the stars on their bellies are mean to the sneetches without the stars on their bellies by saying that they can not join in to the events that they are doing, like lounging on the beach, playing on the beach, and having bonfires. They think that they are not good enough, and the parents of little sneetches teach their children not to like them as well. They always never include the starless sneetches and they always leave them alone in the cold and darkness. The sneetches with the stars on their bellies represent the bullies and the sneetches without the stars on their bellies represent the bullied.
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June 2016
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