How Does Dr. Seuss Influence Social Issues
Dr. Seuss and his influence on social issues Most of us know him as Dr. Seuss but his real name is Theodore Seuss Geisel born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield Massachusetts and died on September 24, 1991 (age 87) in La Jolla, California, US. Some famous books we would know by Dr. Seuss would be “Green Eggs and Ham,” “Cat in the Hat” and his movies “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” “The Lorax”. Dr. Seuss was known for his children books and his amazing imagination and the places he would make for his books for example “Whoville” in his famous book How the Grinch stole Christmas. Did Dr. Seuss bring up social and economic issues with some of his books? Or was it just coincidence that what he was talking about was what was going on? Although
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Seuss Analyzed for Political, Social Effects” By Tom Jacobs. Tom goes on to talk about how we all know Seuss for his cartoons and his crazy words there is also something that he writes about and that being social and political ideas that are covered up by his rhyming and his colorful pictures and words. One great example is Seuss’s first children book and to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street where a father tells his son to stop having an imagination and to grow up the father tells his son “Stop telling such outlandish tales. Stop turning minnows into whales.” What the father is telling his son to do is to stop thinking everything is easily changed and to stop having such an imagination. This conflict is an example of social issues at home where a father might tell his son to grow up already and stop acting so young and act older, which can result in a fight in the family between father and son and drive them apart from each other like they are living in two completely different worlds.
In Seuss’s book Green Eggs and Ham to some who have analyzed this book seem to think that it represents a child making a colorful breakfast for their grumpy parent that tries to remind their parent that they can loosen up and be more creative with their life which would make them happier and less grumpy all the time. They also go on to say once the parent eats the colorful breakfast, they have less wrinkles and become more energetic which would prove the point of if you try new things from your children it might actually help you look and feel younger and to always have some sort of creativity in your
Seuss Analyzed for Political, Social Effects” By Tom Jacobs. Tom goes on to talk about how we all know Seuss for his cartoons and his crazy words there is also something that he writes about and that being social and political ideas that are covered up by his rhyming and his colorful pictures and words. One great example is Seuss’s first children book and to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street where a father tells his son to stop having an imagination and to grow up the father tells his son “Stop telling such outlandish tales. Stop turning minnows into whales.” What the father is telling his son to do is to stop thinking everything is easily changed and to stop having such an imagination. This conflict is an example of social issues at home where a father might tell his son to grow up already and stop acting so young and act older, which can result in a fight in the family between father and son and drive them apart from each other like they are living in two completely different worlds.
In Seuss’s book Green Eggs and Ham to some who have analyzed this book seem to think that it represents a child making a colorful breakfast for their grumpy parent that tries to remind their parent that they can loosen up and be more creative with their life which would make them happier and less grumpy all the time. They also go on to say once the parent eats the colorful breakfast, they have less wrinkles and become more energetic which would prove the point of if you try new things from your children it might actually help you look and feel younger and to always have some sort of creativity in your