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 criticize social institutions. The story of the Sneetches was an allegory written by Dr. Seuss. There were two meanings in the story. The literal meaning is one type of Sneetch thought they were better because they have a star on their belly and the other type did not. The symbolic meaning is the moral of the story and the lesson. No one is better than anyone, no matter what each person looks like. What you look like does not define you. One type of Sneetch wanted to stay different and the other wanted to be the same to be cool. McMonkey McBean put stars on them for a fee so they could all have stars on their belly and then he eventually took off the stars of the Sneetches that had in the first place. That went back and forth all day. Eventually when McMonkey McBean left and the two type of Sneetches ran out of money, they did not care what they look like, they were all friends. In the end, everyone can be friends even though you may look different. Embrace being different.
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