Seuss The Cat In The Hat Comes Back As A Cold War Allegory

The color red symbolics all of the colors and how each can have numerous emotions coming

The Cold War was a period from 1947 to 1991 that adhered erratic tension and constant threat of nuclear conflict between the two remaining superpowers that emerged from WWII, the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The 1964 film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, directed by Stanley Kubrick, depicts the overlying themes of the Cold War in a comedic fashion. This film’s full embodiment of the Cold War is seen through its representation of the time period, and the sheer competitiveness between the United States and Russia. Additionally, due to many of Kubrick’s movie decisions, the film has helped society

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

The most important distinction between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom is man's ability to understand, reason, and think. The power hungry Nazis are symbolized as cats because of a cat’s constant starvation and tend to be stronger compared to mice and pigs. The Jews are symbolized as mice to show how weak they were and how they were treated during World War II. Spiegelman puts a focus on the mice and the struggle that Valdek went through.

The color red is used in literature as well as throughout The Book Thief to display war, blood, and anger (Morton). Early in the novel, Death associates red with war, “The last time I saw her was red… Then bombs” (Zusak 12), Death uses the

Throughout history, there have been numerous battles that ended in death and destruction but none have been as potentially disastrous as the Cold War which even now, is a favored topic in all kinds of literature. Dr. Suess' The Butter Battle Book shares many similarities with events and people from the Cold War and should be read by children so they can understand and learn from a story that grabs their attention.

(e)The fish tells the children that the Cat in the Hat “should not be here when your mother is not” to warn them that the Cat is going to cause trouble (10).

In the book “Dr Seuss Goes To War” by Richard H. Minear starts off by telling the reader about Dr Seuss other cartoons or books, it tells the reader about his famous cartoons like “cats in hats” and “foxes in socks”. Most of his cartoons were usually feisty political cartoons, he wrote for newspapers like New York’s PM he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his anti-fascist PM cartoons. Most artist back in the day used grease crayons to draw their pictures but according to Art Spiegelman “Dr sues twisted roots, on the other hand, were in the vaudeville tradition of early comic strips and gag cartoons. Most of his cartoons told a story or symbolized what was going on at the time his cartoons always make the people aware of the political memo often

Dr. Seuss had many ways of expressing any problem using words or phrases with little or simple meaning behind it. While the Cold War had many problems children and young adults found difficult to understand, Suess used metaphors to simplify the situation and represent the reputation the Cold War had created in his writings. For instance, “‘But we Yooks, as you know, when breakfast or sup, spread our bread.’ Grandpa said, ‘with the butter side up. That’s the right way, honest way!’”(Suess). The quote gives a clear indication that the problem is represented using buttered bread. To children or young adults, the impression is more or less described as a “ridiculous” argument. In correlation to the Cold War, it was an ongoing disagreement between the United States, and the Soviet Union. “‘Grandpa!’ I shouted. ‘Be careful! Oh, gee!

______. His red hunting hat is symbolic of many things. He wears it during important times such as writing the composition about Allie’s baseball glove, yet he seems to be embarrassed to wear it in public. “I took my old hunting hat out… and put it on. I knew I wouldn’t meet anybody that knew me” (122). Even though he lacks confidence to wear it frequently, it becomes a part of how he sees himself. He acknowledges that it’s “corny” but he personally likes how it looks; it is a symbol of his uniqueness and desire to be different. The red color of the hat is also noteworthy, the same as Allie and Phoebe’s hair. He may associate ‘red’ with purity and innocence those characters represent and wears it as a connection to them.

He was and still is a very popular children's author and illustrator. He wrote his first children's book, To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street in 1937. Twenty-seven different publishers denied this book at first. During his later years he created top selling books like, The Cat in the Hat (1957) and Green Eggs and Ham (1960).

The novel symbolizes blood and the color red as a dramatic change within the story. For example, after Rawlins had been stabbed, Grady had consequently been stabbed as well, which led to them leaving the Mexican prison (by Alfonsa) and ultimately separating from each other. Another example located on page 302 describes the desert sky and the red wind right before Grady leaves for Texas, a drastic turn of events within the novel. Moreover, right before meeting Alejandra and changing his journey forever, Grady ate a red fruit, of which stained his fingers, which concluded a dramatic change was about to occur. For symbolic scars, on page 135, as Alfonsa mentions her scars during the war, it symbolizes that the past is real and should not be forgotten.

Rebekah Godzwa Mrs. Westenberg 10 December 2015 More Than Just an Author America has had many brilliant authors in the past and many are only just rising to fame. However, one author in particular stands out from the rest as an illustrator and writer of children books. At one time an ad man and cartoonist, Theodore Seuss Geisel is better known in the homes of millions as Dr. Seuss and the author of well-known childhood classic The Cat in the Hat (“All about Dr. Seuss”). Besides inciting children’s imaginations, his books are also able to teach very young children how to read in an easy and fun way. Because of the language he used, images he painted, and the way he addressed important topics, Dr. Seuss has created stories that have transcended

In The Village the color red was "the bad color" to them it symbolized fear. I think the reason behind it being "the bad color" was because "those we don't speak of wore that color. The guy in the stand rang the bell because he saw one of them so everyone ran inside and hid under their homes. Red also attracted "those we don't speak of". At the beginning they saw a red flower, and they quickly buried it in the ground. When Ivy went to the towns and is going through the woods she finds herself surrounded by red berries and that attracted them to try and get her. In conclusion, red was known as "the bad color" causing fear to them when they saw it.

It is beneficial to study certain subjects because of their relationship with Modernist theories. Young-Adult and Children's literature are transcendent because the narrative is interchangeable among an extended spectrum of readers. Both classes of literature deconstruct into its basic elements and define the essence of youth. I have arrived at such thoughts through the studying of modern short stories, which focus on the literary works that followed the great war. Modernist techniques have become the influence of all literary works that have followed. Studying modern short stories has formed an urge to review literature in the view of