Dr. SeussThe Lorax And Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky

Theodor Seuss Geisel, more famously known by his pen name Dr. Seuss, “was a writer... cartoonist [, and a political illustrator] who had published over 60 books” (Dr. Seuss Biography) in his lifetime and has influenced nearly every American that has ever learned how to read. With children stories that hold deeper insight than most would expect to find in children books to stories that are pure nonsensical like Green Eggs and Ham that came from a bet (Biography). Dr. Seuss’s literary elements in his seemingly innocent works hold deeper meaning behind them and often paralleling to the events that were happening during his lifetime, like his book Yertle the Turtle. Dr. Seuss’s life had lead him into becoming an influential person in many people’s

he Tragedy of the Commons in The Lorax and Easter IslandThe Tragedy of the commons is a situation in which a publicly owned resource is exploited to such an extent that the resource is ruined. This means that users of the resource canno longer benefit from it. A uniform idea in the tragedy of the commons is that each person does not weigh the effect of their exploitation of the resource enough, resulting in the resource being over-exploited and eventually being destroyed. Two examples of the tragedy of the commons are Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, and the story of Easter Island. Although the parties involved in The Lorax and Easter Island may not have cooperated in the same ways, their environments were similarly exploited, resulting in a tragic loss of the public resource available to them. In The Lorax, the Once-ler stumbles upon a truffula forest which he finds to be perfect for his business. He begins to harvest the resources, but is constantly bothered by the Lorax. The Lorax speaks on behalf of the trees, hoping the Once-ler will halt his destructive behavior, however there is no cooperation between the Once-ler and the Lorax. This is unlike the tribes on Easter Island. The natives of Easter Island needed to trade and cooperate with each other to be able to construct the many large statues. Pakandam stated, “...resources were distributed unequally in various parts of the island, what one region lacked, another had in bountiful scores. This forced trade and cooperation as a natural part of life” (11). Although the parties in The Lorax and Easter Island did cooperate in the same way, they still lead to the exploitation of the available resources.

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss is a children's book about greed and destruction. The book is set in the forest of Truffula Trees. The Once-ler was riding through the country in his wagon one day and discovers the beautiful forest of Truffula Trees.

In “A Barred Owl,” Wilbur adopts a playful tone through rhyming: “We tell the wakened child that all she heard/ Was an odd question from a forest bird” (3, 4). The rhyme imitates the style of nursery rhymes, creating a joking tone. The playful tone avoids seriousness and weakens the horror of the owl, which contributes to the poem’s style like a nursery rhyme. Wilbur also euphemizes the owl to help create a nursery style. He does not represent the horrible creature of an owl as a carnivore with sharp claws that hunts during the night, but euphemizes it as a “forest bird” (Wilbur 4). The owl’s representation as a safe forest bird refers its figure to the enthusiastic birds with heavenly sounds in cartoons and story books, which often help the protagonist to overcome difficulties and dangers. Referring to nursery imageries of birds, the euphemism contributes to the poem’s style as a nursery rhyme. Creating a playful tone and a nursery style, Wilbur uses rhymes and euphemism to “domesticate fear” (Wilbur

For instance, when Dr. Seuss rhymed in The Lorax, he didn’t create new words to rhyme with authentic words, yet in The Sneetches, he invented new words to rhyme with specific words. For example, in The Sneetches, Dr. Seuss stated, “And it berked, and it bopped them about, but the thing really worked!” Dr. Seuss created the word “berked” to make sure that the flow of the rhyme scheme would be consistent. When he rhymed in The Lorax, he used relevant words and the rhyme scheme stayed persistent. For instance, in The Lorax, Dr. Seuss affirmed, “Don’t knock at his door. He stays in his Lerkim on top of his store. He stays in his Lerkim, cold under the floor, where he makes his own clothes out of miff-muttered moof.” Even though Dr. Seuss devised new words in the story, the abstract words did not rhyme with any other words or phrases. Dr. Suess also cogitated many other aspects of each story, such as the characters.

Many people today consider Wise Blood to be one of history’s greatest examples of Southern gothic literature. With its twisted plot, scenes of self-mutilation, and overall dark tone it is easy to understand why people from all find Wise Blood to be dark and depressing. However, Flannery O’Connor, the novel’s author, claims that she wrote the novel to be a comedy, rather than a tragedy (O’Connor). The elements of the novel that O’Connor and others have considered especially “comedic” are its examples of surprise, mistaken identities, and especially, irony. Readers can find irony throughout the entirety of Wise Blood, as well as its theme of fate over free will. Irony ties in with this theme often through the characters’ actions, thoughts, and emotions.

Geisel is thought to be one of the best children’s book authors. “For most people the thought of growing up in a world without Green Eggs and Ham, Grinches, and Cats in Hats is barely conceivable” (Levine 10). Children throughout the world have grown up with the wonderful books created by “Dr. Seuss”. “These odd creations occupy a special place in the earliest memories of children around the world” (Levine 10). He has been able to not only capture their minds but their hearts as well. Geisel’s colorful imagination, upbeat rhymes, and unique illustrations seem to have no limits. He has written books that range from simply humorous to impressively insightful. This has contributed greatly in him selling more than 200 million copies. To many “Dr. Seuss is by far the best-selling children’s author to date, and perhaps the most beloved” (Levine

Dr. Seuss is probably the American writer who has so far had the greatest impact on children's literature. The intelligent usage of vivid illustrations, imaginative characters, and catchy rhymes made it easy for people who grew up reading these stories to recognize them. However, although the author worked tirelessly at his craft, he is not well-known since he did not seek after personal fame. Most of the fans to his literary materials are not well conversant with the details of his private life. For instance, most people are not aware that Dr. Seuss was not a doctor, but simply added the prefix to his pseudonym to provide credibility to the menagerie of characters in his works (Thompson 21). He worked as a writer and a cartoonist, publishing nearly more than sixty books. Some of the most famous pieces of his work include “Green Eggs and Ham” and the “The Cat in the Hat.”

We chose to do our counter story project over Dr. Seuss’s children’s book titled, The Sneetches. This book demonstrates discrimination on different types of creatures called sneetches. This children’s book could be used in our future classrooms to talk about the effects of discrimination on multiple races. In the book, the sneetches without stars were treated differently than the sneetches that had them. This book can be used in classrooms to talk about the differences among people, not only by race, but also differences among: religion, politics, and gender as well. This book can be useful in teaching our future students that it is okay to be different.

From beginning to end, diction is used to illustrate a certain form of corruption taking place within the narrator. In the beginning, the narrator wants to eradicate her pests in the most humane way possible, describing her first attempt at extermination as “merciful” and “quick.” This humanitarian view on the extermination soon turns to a “righteously thrilling” hunt for the woodchucks. The narrator loses respect for the mammal in a short ten minutes, after shooting the little woodchuck, she watches him die in the rose garden. She is very short in her description of its death because she is somewhat embarrassed of the fact that she actually pulled the trigger and shot an innocent creature. In fact, she will not even admit that she killed

Dr. Seuss has influenced many people’s lives through his books. He has entertained kids, teenagers, and even adults. Dr. Seuss’s books were a big part of people’s reading education. In 3rd grade, my school even had a Dr. Seuss parade where the students dressed up as their favorite Dr. Seuss character. I dressed up as Cindy Lou Hoo The teachers at our school would often read Dr. Seuss’s books to us. In my school’s music class, we sang a song about Green Eggs and Ham, and there was even choreography. Dr. Seuss’s books had a big impact on my life. The Sneetches taught me that a person is a person, no matter the race/gender, etc. Green Eggs and Ham taught me to try new things, and you might like them. Horton Hears a Who taught me to never give

Come bathe in stew, and dine on meals of eels or worms or jellied gnats,See shoes and ships and sealing wax and fuzzy bears and owls and cats,Depart for the Land where the Bong Tree grows or the Land of Bumbley BooFind sky in your pie and teatrays up on high and a place where mice say moo.But be warned of the things that lurk and linger, the creatures that snatch and shock.Be sure to bamboozle the Blunderbat and beware the Jabberwock If rhymes and riddles your brain have fried For shame then set this book aside,But daring children, more courageous,Will take a peek inside these pages...Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can about the different sorts of nonsense and read Michael Rosen’s tips on how to write your own!Vintage Children’s

Both The Lorax and The Jabberwocky have both a happy and serious mood in some point in the story. They also both have a character in the story as the narrator. The moods in both of these stories can contrast because the

Meanwhile the Jabberwocky poem is more of an evil place to begin with, and grows to be more happy after the boy defeats the creature of nightmare. Secondly, a reason that the Lorax is different than the Jabberwocky is the character composition and roles. In the Lorax, the enemy is man, the savior is an irrational being, and the creatures living on the land are more happy and fun to be around. Contrary to this, in the Jabberwocky, the enemy is a man defying, irrational being, the savior is man, and the creatures of the land are more creepy, less

5. A metaphor in this poem is, "The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame." This is showing how angry the Jabberwock is.