Theodor Geisel

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.

As I see in the cartoons, there were race issues going on with blacks and jews being slaved by someone who discriminates against employees. In the I”ll Run Democracy, 1942 picture the man told them to stay in there Jim Crow tanks. Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation. The laws let discrimination and segregation keeps blacks and jews from getting jobs. In the other two pictures Listen Maestro and German Manicure you see Uncle Sam telling the war industry to keep making the blacks and whites work together to create a good sound. which came in context when he told him to keep playing them. The German Manicure picture showed Sam going to get his hand cut off by the U.S. Nazis and Anti semitism means they don’t like jews. All of this was going on internally that led to these other issues.

Dr. Seuss is an important figure in the lives of children everywhere. His stories are children’s classics that are fun to read and also tackle some real life issues. Dr. Seuss’s political views are very apparent in his some of his books like The Butter Battle Book, which discusses the issues of the Cold War.

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

Dr. Seuss was a democrat, he against fascism he worked with a newspaper called PM, because they were very outspoken in their politics he drew hundreds of cartoons showing people how fascism is bad and what it will do to the country. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in the drawings it had a bird with a bold writings on it which said “isolationism “destroyed by capital letters saying war. Which this cartoon is a pure form of propaganda telling Americans they need to go intervene in the European war or else something worst will happen to

This Dr. Seuss original was published by PM Magazine and was printed on July 30, 1942 in midst of World War Two. The cartoon is named The Guy Who Makes a Mock of Democracy as it showcases the United States mindset on racist prejudice which was a common theme at the time. Dr. Seuss used his cartoon as a way of persuasion and a way to show his stance on what was going on during 1942. There was a lot of racial prejudice going on towards Japanese Americans because of the Pearl Harbor attack that had happened in the pervious year. The picture cartoon shows the man standing on a cellar with people trying to climb out. This illustrates the amount of cruelty that Americans were displaying towards Japanese Americans because of the event that had taken place back in December of 1941. The pledge may say “With liberty and justice for all”, but in reality it was putting exclusions

Theodor Seuss Geisel, or as we all know him Dr Seuss, is one of the most known children's book authors to go down in history.

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Seuss was not always called Dr. Seuss. He had used pen names before, such as “Oo-La-La-McCarty” and “Theo LeSieg,” but it was not until he got into some serious trouble in college before he became known as “Seuss” (Pascal, 2011). One night Theodor threw a party while attending Dartmouth, where he was the editor-in-chief of the humor magazine (Klein, 2012). After being caught with bootleg gin, with prohibition still active, Geisel lost his job in the magazine, but had to figure out another way to get his works into it; thus began his pseudonym “Seuss” (Klein, 2012). He later added the “Dr.” to it after disappointing his father for not completing his studies at Oxford (Pascal,

Because the war started out with Axis victories, New Year’s of 1941-1942 was a tough year for the United States. The cartoon shows the slithering Axis snakes haunting Uncle Sam as a terrible hangover from New Year’s Eve. In his cartoon depicting Germany as a dachshund, he writes, “The Man who was SO LOW, he could walk under a Dachshund’s belly.” Dr. Seuss chooses a dachshund to depict Hitler and Germany as sub-human, but he also picks the breed to show how low Germany is as a country of people. Underneath the dog is Pierre Laval, the French premier who supported Nazi Germany (why Dr. Seuss picked him as the “man so low”) and was targeted often in Dr. Seuss’s cartoons. Besides the cartoons that portrayed Germany, Japan, and Italy as sub-human savages, animations were used to depict the enemy in the same way. The American government and army turned to Walt Disney for his animation propaganda. In “Der Fuhrer’s Face,” Walt Disney mocks Nazy Germany and Japan through satirizing the language, body stance, and culture of Adolf Hitler and his followers and allies. Disney satirizes Hitler by overly emphasizing the Hitler salute to come across as irritating and brainwashing. Donald Duck wakes up in Nazi Germany, portrayed as having a low quality of life in Nazi Germany with a breakfast consisting of the “aroma of bacon and eggs,” and bread made of wood. A Nazi shouts at him, “Improve the mind, Heil Hitler!” as

Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, is perhaps one of the most beloved children’s authors of the twentieth century. Although he is most famous as an author of children’s books, Geisel was also a political cartoonist, advertisement designer, and film director (Kaplan). He used the power of imagination to produce unforgettable children’s books and helped solve the problem of illiteracy among America’s children. By using his experiences in life as a foundation for most of his books, Theodor Geisel created a unique writing style that incorporated various elements and techniques, enabling his books to appeal to people of all ages.

Cartoons have been a prominent and interesting apparatus for politics throughout the ages. Political movements, parties, and groups using propaganda to further their beliefs dates back to the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Though America faces an austere history, lighthearted propaganda colors its decades and gives them life. Political cartoons are so widely used in America that they have become a significant piece of pop culture. Moreover, because of their ability to capture the reader’s attention, propaganda is exploited throughout politics.The cartoons are wonders of the human imagination; illustrators create comical images and intertwine profound political opinions to influence their viewer’s mind. For example, one movement that abundantly grew from propaganda was the women’s rights movement. The artists of the seemingly despised cause drew controversial cartoons that set a fire in the hearts of women all over the world. Consequently, the same cartoons ignited a passionate war between women who wanted freedom, and those who believed that women could not handle that freedom. Through the use of colorful concepts and daring expressions, political cartoons display the influence of the women’s rights movement throughout history, while the cartoons of Anti-Feminists demonstrates the world’s reaction to the movement.

Have you ever thought about going from studying microscopic creatures to writing world renowned works of literature was something anyone could do in one lifetime? What about writing 44 books that inspire children all over the world? Consequently, this is exactly what Charles Rutledge (more commonly known as Lewis Carroll) and Theodore Geisel (a.k.a. Dr.Seuss) did. While they were both very successful and shared some of the same characteristics such as using made up words they had immensely different writing styles, use of the various connotations of words, and creation of the mood.

The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss, pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel, tells a story of two children at home on a rainy day alone, being visited by the Cat in the Hat and the turmoil that he causes. The Cat In The Hat is clearly Geisel’s most famous book, written in 1956 and published in 1957, considered a children’s classic today. It was The Cat In The Hat “where Dr. Seuss jubilantly breaks the barriers of the basal reader’s simplistic language and pedestrian artwork” (MacDonald 10). In The Cat In The Hat, Geisel uses this childish language and comical pictures as well as an interesting story and fun characters to not only create a successful children’s book but to deliver a subtle political message of rebellion against authority.

He first talks about his childhood and how his parents came to America. In late 1940 he had a chance as working as usher in the state movie theatre, he mentions that those days the war movies were very popular. As he was young he too mocked the bad guys but his mother warned him that stereotyping hurts. When he had his own family he remembers his mother’s words. He realized from he had to try to neutralize the media caricatures.