4/21 Assignment

When I first saw the video, it reminded me of how things are in high school. There are so many different cliques and social groups. Everyone seems to be separated and the people that don’t necessarily look “normal” get made fun of for just being who they are. The video also reminded me of segregation between whites and blacks. The star bellies, were segregated because of a star on their bellies. In real life, people have been segregated just for the color of their skin. I think the film connects to the world we live in today, because everyone is constantly trying to fit in, for instance with fashion, everyone tries to buy what everyone else is buying so that they can fit in, just like the star bellies in the video. In the Scottsboro Boys case black men were looked down upon just because of their skin color and the star bellies were also looked down upon just for not having a star. I think the film connects to the novel we are reading because in the novel, Atticus is ridiculed just for being different and going against what society views as right, by defending a black man in court.

-Kailee Turnbough

Cat in the Hat Video Response `Ice Pick`

After wathcing this video clip, the first thing that comes to mind is rascism. Back in the 20th century, whites (sneetches with stars) considered themselves better than the blacks (sneetches with no stars). And just like the video, the whites excluded the blacks from freedom. The clip also reminds me of social statuses. If someone is not considered to be physically attractive or "popular" kids tend to try to ignore or avoid them. This usually happens for the same reason as the sneetches, one group thinks they are better than the other. The video relates to the Wille McGee and Scottsboro Boys in that it involves unfair judgement. In the two trials listed above, the blacks were judged immediately by the whites. But by then end of the cases, the whites realized they were not so different after all and started to believe them. The exact same thing happened in the Sneetches video, one type of thing believes it is better than the other, then they both realize they are all the same on the inside.

4/21 Assignment

I think this video clip expresses very well how some communities can be. In our school, there's many different groups that try to be like other groups just because they want to "fit in" when in actuality, everyone is just the same. In the Scottsboro Boys case, the court didn't give the black men a chance just because of their skin color; they looked down upon them, just like the star-bellies did. It symbolizes racism which we're just getting to notice in To Kill A Mockingbird.

-Brandon Barehead

4/21 Assignment, Hali Pedersoli

The movie we watched showed how people get seperated all the time in school, work, and everyday life. In the movie they showed how the star bellys and the non-star bellys were seperated unfairly. Just like in school with cliques. In the end it doesnt matter though because we are all the same. The video is like the Scottsboro boys and Willie McGee cases because they were accused and the trial of they did it was based on the fact that they were african american. This also shows the same thing in To Kill A Mocking Bird because Scouts dad is defending an African American where back then was very uncomman. This movie was perfect for what we leared and are talking about in class and in our book To Kill A Mocking Bird.

Cat in the Hat Video

The Cat in the Hat clip shows a good example of how it can be in school. There are so many different groups but some are a like in some ways but want to fit it completely and blend in. The most simple way to put it is that people want to be as good as the others. Even though not everyone is the saem you are equal so you don't need to change.

Cat in the hat video

The film we watched in class could relate to us at school, there are to many cliques of different people to name one example because everyone thinks of themselves differently, popular and unpopular is the best i can think of. At first in the film, the star bellys seemed of higher power to the not star bellys. The star bellys could do whatever they wanted and the not star bellys could not. The two groups never mixed until the end. The end showed how it didnt really matter who was or wasnt a star belly because they all turned out the same.

Jon Miskus 4/21 assignment

i thought this movie is a perfect example of what we are talking about in class. This movie basically shows the cat and the hat characters are racist. Racism is shown in both the scottsboro boys and willie magee stories. This also fits in with today. In schools you have the unpopular and the popular kids. It can also fit with To Kill A Mocking Bird. The are racist to the other color.