Satire-VS-Parody

The children's stories The Sneetches and The Stinky Cheese Man are good examples of parodies and satires.

The Sneetches is a satire story based on differences in people. The story is satire because it makes fun of peoples perceptions of differences but also has a hire meaning of eliminating those differences. In this story the differences are that some sneetches have stars and others do not. The sneetches with stars think of themselves as better than those without stars. The sneetches without stars feel jealous of the sneetches with stars. Slyvester McMonkey McBean is a con-man who comes to the beaches with a "marvelous" machine which can put a star on any sneetch. When the sneetches without stars paid money to go through the machine they actually got stars. The sneetches who had stars before decided to pay money and get their stars removed. This happened many times before no sneetch knew the difference of one from another. At this point they had all run out of money by paying McMonkey. Then McMonkey left the beach with all their money. This story criticizes the stupidity of people for playing on each others differences and shows that when the people actually realize they are not that different it's too late.

The Stinky Cheese Man is a parody based on the gingerbread man. In the story The Stinky Cheese Man the stinky cheese man is created at like the gingerbread man runs away from everyone. Unlike the gingerbread man though no one wants to eat the stinky cheese man so they leave him to run by himself and not chase him. Eventually the stinky cheese man dies and there is no moral or resolution. This story is a parody because there is no higher meaning or purpose to the idea of the story.