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Theodor Seuss Geisel, or as he is more commonly known Dr. Seuss, was an American writer and illustrator for some of the most popular children's’ books in existence. He sold over 600 millions copies and had his book translated into 20 languages by his death. Geisel adopted the pseudonym Dr. Seuss after college when he started animating and illustrating. He worked as political cartoonist for the New York Newspaper and he also made cartoons for Vanity Fair and Life. After WWII, Geisel started making children's books. Some of his most notable books were, If I Ran the Zoo, Horton Hears a Who!, The Cat in the Hat, and Green Eggs and Ham. Dr. Seuss always kept his eyes open and never let an opportunity pass by him.

Being able to relate to something or someone is the best thing that can happen to us. Reading a book can bring us memories of how we used to be and how we felt when we first read something we were able to relate too. In most books we are able to relate to the characters. Not only are we able to relate ourselves to a character and now that we are not the only ones like that but we can relate the other characters with our surroundings. In the book The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, some of the few books that we can relate the character to us, uses fantasia and realistic characters that we can relate ourselves and others that are within our surroundings.

Soon after reading Stone Soup I was introduced to the works of Theodor Seuss Geisel, more commonly known as Dr. Seuss. Someone bought me a Dr. Seuss subscription for my birthday which meant that periodically I would receive, by mail, a copy of each of his children’s books until I had the entire collection. I loved reading those books and would be ecstatic each day a new one arrived in my mailbox. But as much as One-Fish Two-Fish, Go Dog Go and Hop on PoP helped me to hone my reading skills, they eventually lost their appeal to me once the small stories could hold my attention.

Seuss’s career took a huge turning point when Mifflin and Random House asked him to write a children’s book with 220 vocab words. That’s when the famous “Cat in the Hat” was made. It was published in 1957. After that, Seuss wrote many more children books. Eventually he and Chuck Jones created the animated movie “The Grinch” In

“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you”- Dr. Seuss. Individualism is a theme found in many of Dr. Seuss’ books and no one explains what it means to be you better than him. Dr. Seuss was an American children's author who has changed the way millions of people view the world; starting with themselves. Theodor Seuss Geisel was one of most influential writers and activists of his time. This is shown when examining his life experiences, historical events that he was involved in, his literary works, and most notably in his legacy.

First of all I don’t really know much about Dr. Seuss. All I know is that he is a famous book writer that died years ago. I read If I Ran the zoo in the 1st grade so I forgot about it. That was the only book I have read out of Dr. Seuss. My dad didn’t really like him but I never knew why but I will ask my mom why he didn’t like him and so that is all I know of Dr.

A poet, a teacher, an activist – These are all the things that Theodor Seuss Geisel managed to be. Geisel was born into the German family of Theodor Robert Geisel and Henrietta Seuss Geisel on March 2, 1904. He grew up having pride in his German background, but it all changed to shame after he experienced the torment of living through WWI. Despite the discouraging experiences he had during those times, they were not enough to stop the very talented “Dr. Seuss”. Geisel showed many that there were no boundaries to the imagination. Because of the hardships he had to overcome, the impact he left on young children, and the criticism he received from others, Theodor Seuss Geisel will always be remembered as the

It was March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. A baby boy was born; a boy that one day changed the world for all children. That boy was Theodor Seuss Geisel, mostly known as Dr. Seuss. His mother and father, Henrietta and Theodore Geisel, called him Ted. Theodor became a writer, poet, and cartoonist. His work had a revolutionary impact on children’s literature and changed the way children learned to read.

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.”

Even though Dr. Seuss was voted “least likely to succeed” (“Grahame-Smith” 14) in college he quickly proved everyone wrong. He was widely known for his great books written for children. “Many of his books were initially composed of his sketches”(“Dr. Seuss” St. James). Dr. Seuss successfully wrote and illustrated sixty books for children (“Dr. Seuss” Biography). Dr. Seuss was able to impact the lives of many people with his constant hard work and creativity.

Dr. Seuss I took an unconventional approach in the topic I chose for my reading assignment – whereas most groups selected single novels, my partner and I opted to read a collection of short stories by none other than the notorious Dr. Seuss. Were I writing this essay on a “normal” book, I would be able to pose a question about the book itself and answer it in an ordinary sort of way. However, given the subject matter I have chosen, an essay on an individual book, though possible, would be a very tricky thing to do. It would be wiser, and probably easier, to respond to the man himself. My decision to respond to the man himself makes many more choices – what facet of Dr. Seuss shall I ask myself questions about? I think

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”(Dr. Seuss, the Lorax) The childhood of thousands of adults and children alike were all made memorable because of one man. Theodor Seuss Geisel. His use of words and depictions, although with hidden messages, of daily life has molded the imagination of every child.

Following his childhood in Springfield, Geisel attended college at Dartmouth University. He received excellent grades there, and majored in English. He was a prominent writer and cartoonist for the school’s comedy magazine, Jack O’ Lantern, and his first official writing position was chief editor of that magazine. He was banned from writing for it after he was caught violating prohibition. Unwilling to give up his writing position, he wrote under the pseudonym “Seuss”, and was never discovered by campus authorities. After graduation, he attended Oxford for graduate school. He did well at first, but soon the doodles in the margins of his notes began to conquer entire pages, and he realized graduate school was simply not for him. In the short time spent there, though, he met Helen Palmer, and fell in love. The two were married in 1927, and throughout their relationship she supported his artistic and literary career, and

Growth and development throughout life is what defines a character. In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge was a money hungry, cold, and lonesome person. His ill-beseeming personality and greed caused his life to be in ruins. However, over the course of the novel, by learning about compassion, Scrooge changes his attitude towards people, realizes the importance of family, and becomes a giving person.

After World War 1, Dr. Seuss and his wife, Helen Palmer, moved to La Jolla, California. He went back to writing children’s books, including one of his earlier books: If I Ran the Zoo written in 1950. A report by Life during 1954, written about childhood illiteracy proved that many American children weren’t learning to read because their books were “too dull”.