...because it happened.” said Theodore Geisel ("Dr. Seuss Quotes." BrainyQuote). Geisel made the unhappy, happy. He never gave up when it got bad. Theodore Geisel is an inspirational author for kids. Geisel is a great American author, mostly known for his humorous poems. After taking a look at the life and work of Theodore Geisel, it is apparent that this writer deserves recognition as a profound American author. Geisel was born during WW1, 2 March, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts (Bio.com. A&E Networks Television). When he was old enough, he went to Dartmouth College in 1926, but during that time it was the Prohibition Era and he got caught having a drinking party. After he was caught, he got his editorship taken away of the Jack-O-Lantern, a comedy magazine at his college (Dr. Seuss | Seussville.com.). That was when he started using his middle name Seuss to hide his identity and published his writings with the name Dr. Seuss. After he graduated, he went to Oxford University in England (Theodor Seuss Geisel - "Dr. Seuss" Biography). After he left Oxford he published his first book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street in 1973 (Theodor Seuss Geisel - "Dr. Seuss"...
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...Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax (1971) is argued as one of the most important pieces of environmental children’s literature, with educators expressing the work, “as a powerful story for teaching and learning, as a story that can promote transformational ideas in educational practice,” (Henderson, 2004). This high praise begs the question: why is The Lorax so successful at reaching out to the child reader? This essay will indentify the use of certain literary characteristics that Seuss incorporated in The Lorax, which stemmed from successful environmental children’s literature from the late seventeenth century to the twentieth century. It will establish the success of each work due to the theme or agenda it had that reflected the social and environmental issues of its time, and will then establish to what extent Seuss’s The Lorax stands as a strong example for ecocritics and educators alike, of an environmental children’s story and its impact on the child reader. To further understand the position of this paper, it is important to identify the nature of ecocentricism and the development of the interdisciplinary field. Ecocentricism is an ethical practice that “decenters humanity’s importance in nonhuman nature and nature writing and instead explores the complex interrelationships between the human and the nonhuman,” (Buell, 2011). The practice, in the last twenty years, has become a field of inquiry in response to “growing academic concern about the response of literature and literary theory...
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...Have you ever gone outside on a nice, windy day, and smelled the scent of freshly cut grass or the aroma of blooming flowers in your garden and thought it was wonderful. Now think about if you had gone outside just like the first time, as in weather, but all you could smell was an environmentally devastating chemical that you had sprayed on your flower bed and your grass and the air was filled with the scent of chemicals that will eventually kill us. Ecocriticism is the study of literature and the environment, its importance is that it helps to inform people of the environment and how it is being affected by the things we use on our plants. Many people have tackled this type of writing for several decades through persuasive pieces about the...
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...meaning. Green Eggs and Jam by Jason Gastrow is a parody and perspective shift of the classic book Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss, and can be viewed here on youtube. In Green Eggs and Jam, Gastrow takes the original concept of Green Eggs and Ham and follows the idea that in actuality Sam is fairly pushy for trying to force his opinion onto others. This aspect is not touched on in the original book, and it brings up the important point that if someone’s opinion is contrary to another person’s it should be...
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...both. The experience of spending my formative years in the DR has shaped my character in several significant ways. First, I have become culturally adaptable. During the spring of my sophomore year, my mom suffered a devastating car accident, which caused my family to briefly return to the United States for advanced medical care. While in the States, I realized how differently my world view contrasted from my American friends’ outlooks. Most of my friends in the US are relatively affluent; my Dominican friends are not. The American task oriented mindset contrasts with the Dominican relational mindset. Despite the many cultural differences, I have learned how to easily adapt to my environment while maintaining my personal values. Another trait I have developed is reliance on God. Proverbs 16:9 teaches: “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.” When I think of this verse, I am reminded of a prevalent Spanish maxim, Si Dios Quiere which translates into If God Wills/Wants. After hearing the phrase frequently repeated over the years, I realize I have absorbed it in my personal life. Although I enjoy making plans, I must rely on God guiding my steps because my future lies entirely in His hands. Empathy is yet another attribute that I have gained through living abroad. Though I am still viewed with some privilege for being American, I have grown up as a minority My experience has taught me the importance of judging someone by their character, while encouraging me...
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...I'm sitting on the bed beside my mom as she reads to me from “Oh the places you'll go” by Dr. Seuss. My head is on her shoulder and her voice changes with each description. She asks me questions every time a page turns. “Where do YOU want to go”, she asks. It's not the first time we have read this book and, at 5 years old, I have lots of ideas of where I want to go. Sometimes it is to Granny and Grandpa's, sometimes it's to the moon. She asks me where I'll go when I'm sad or in a “Slump”. My answer for that is always, “I'll come home to you!” She laughs and keeps reading. By the time I'm 5, this scenario has played out many times as I get to pick out the book that we read before bed each night. At least once a week, I choose this book. I didn't realize, at the time, how important these times were. Looking back, I realize that each night spent reading books instilled in me the importance to read, taking what you read and broadening your mind, of taking what you read and applying it to yourself, and also, most of all, the importance of taking time to share that love of reading with someone. “What direction will you go?”, she might ask. “UP!”, I would say. With every question she would ask, I would have to think. I always wanted to give a different answer, because I never knew where it might take me. The hows, the whys, the wheres were all ways that she would teach me to think about what we were reading. “What could happen?” was always one of my favorite questions...
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...Dr. Seuss once said, “From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” The text “Beauty and the Beast”, written by Dave Barry follows those words and makes a typical topic of gender differences into a hilarious content. It explores the different level of importance that men and women give to the way others perceive them using the mainstream stereotype of men, who cares less about their perception, as opposed to women, who obsess over theirs, as a basis for outlining this text. He provides many reasons and examples that support his thesis of men having no interest in his or anyone’s appearance compared to women who torment themselves with their appearance. These reasons and examples, though mostly stereotypic, are debatable in their humor aspect when viewed through...
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...Lyric/Quote Analysis Assignment: “Oh The Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss is a poem that is kept in families for generations and is given to people as a gift when they graduate. Nonetheless, what is so inspiring about this children’s book? Well, it may look like a colourful bedtime story for someone less than four feet tall, but in reality, this poem contains virtually all you’ll ever need to know to make it successfully through life. This poem has so many lifelong lessons that it could easily be compared to any song. Here are some examples: A lyric from the song Anything, “Don’t play with fire...forget that, I can do anything”. The singer is emphasizing that everyone should pursue their dreams. You might counter unexpected challenges, but these obstacles will help you grow and compel you to step out of your comfort zone. Likewise, there will be people who will reprimand every choice you make but you should never let these naysayers waver your ambitions. A quote from the poem,“Waiting around for a Yes or No... Everyone is just waiting”. The author is indicating that people do not like making choices because they presume that one wrong turn will lead to a bitter...
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...conserve and not take our natural resources for granted, then one day our planet Earth will end up in a disastrous outcome like how the “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss and “Easter’s End” by Jared Diamond did. The two stories share the same theme, which is people taking nature for granted and ended up destroying the environment for personal uses. Although the general theme may be similar, there were several differences between the two stories, other than the fact that one story was fiction and one was historical. In both stories, several key environmental issues were shown to exemplify the consequence of abusing the environment. In “The Lorax”, the truffula trees were the main natural resource that were chopped down and stripped of their leaves in order to make thneeds, which was everything the humans would need. Similarly in “Easter’s End,” the Polynesian natives, who sculpted statues to express their culture, used a plentiful amount of trees to place the statues on and transport them to the locations of where they would place the statues at. As you may notice, both stories introduce the overuse of trees for personal purposes. Although they used the trees for different personal purpose, they will soon be faced with the consequences of abusing their resources. The Polynesian people were too careless and ignorant to realize the importance of the trees and the animals that lived on the island. As a result,...
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...Literacy is defined as the ability to read and write. I grew up in a Kenya; at that particular time it wasn’t the norm for us children to be read bedtime stories before we went to sleep, taught the alphabet at an early age by our parents, or anyone else for that matter. I say this because things are completely different now. I recently went back home for a visit and my nieces and nephews wait anxiously for daddy or mummy to come read them Dr. Seuss at night, not to mention that some of them already know the whole alphabet at the age of three. My daughters were also read to when they were young. They could recite the alphabet and partially read before they ever stepped into a classroom. If I can recall correctly, I was five when I started learning how to read and write. I am glad I had the opportunity to go to school. Based on things such culture and financial resources not everyone gets to attend school. The...
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...Deforestation Jason Hennessee Axia College of University of Phoenix Deforestation “Dad! Dad! It’s opening day! Can we please go to the forest to watch the boats race?” Junior, age 10, was very excited about the idea of watching the boats race from the relative quiet and shade of one of the forests to border the river. “Sissy already has the car packed for the trip, and I think she even remembered to grab the charcoal this time!” Dean opened one eye. Seven in the morning was a bit early to leave for the boat races thirty minutes away when they started at nine. But, such was Junior’s excitement that Dean forced himself out of his bed earlier than he planned on. “Ok, son. Let’s check Renee’s packing and we’ll see about weather and conditions. Does Mom have her work finished yet?” Anne appeared framed in the bedroom door. “Yeah. I have some more reading to do, but I can do it at the site. The races are not my favorite thing, but you’ll need my help if the kids want to get wet. However, there is something I need to talk to you about. Junior, honey, please go make sure you have a cooler full of water and juice for us today.” Off like a shot, Junior dashed out of the room and Anne went in, closing the door behind her and lifting Dean’s laptop to the bed. “Dean, I think the forest is gone. Check this out.” Dean read the headlines and cutlines of the pictures and articles that Anne showed him. He shook his head as one by one they all told a devastating...
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...How the environment affects learning Dennis Skinner American Military University/COLL100 April 30, 2010 Michael Carmichael How the Environment Affects Learning This paper will discuss how our environment affects learning. We will discuss how important the environment is in the early years of one’s life in early childhood development. We will also discuss how one’s interest in learning plays a vital role in learning. We will also discuss how active learning and development plays an integral role in those years between teenager and adult and as well as what influences that has on being successful in life. We will also examine the two learning environments, home and school, and how each are changing and as well as how these two environments will play significant roles as each student discovers what’s real and what’s not real and how each help the learning process. Lastly, we will consider how the learning environment is continuing to change and how the digital age will change the way we learn and as well as the effect it will have on our future students and how it will affect the path they choose to follow their dreams. In the early years of development the environment plays as big a role in how children learn and how they development more than any other time in their life. In environments where children are not only taught that it’s ok to learn, but to also enjoy the process leads to an active learning environment where children are allowed the opportunity...
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...he journey may offer life-changing experiences, but it is ultimately the destination that motivates the traveller to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals, making both equally important. Such physical journeys involve the exploration of new and challenging environments, equipping the traveller with fresh experiences, perspectives and insights of the world around them. Through a variety of written and visual techniques, these notions are explored in Peter Skrzynecki’s poems Crossing the Red Sea and Migrant Hostel, Mel Gibson’s film Apocalypto, and Dr. Seuss’ picture book I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew. The process of the journey is portrayed through phases of movement and standstills, allowing the traveller to reflect on the impact...
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...Marriage in the First Century AN ASSIGNMENT SUBMITTED TO DR. ROGER STEVEN EVANS, PH.D. IN PARTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HS: 110 CHRISTIAN HISTORY IN CONTEXT I BY Benjamin M. Lightner November 30, 2011 Who Speaks for these? Luke 13:10-17 New International Version (NIV) 10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” 13 Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. 14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.” 15 The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? 16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?” 17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing. Introduction As we look at this text today, I would like to bring to your attention the Dr. Seuss book titled, The Lorax. The Lorax book is about a tree loving...
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...brief historical trace will be made to connect us to those businessmen and women who pursued many of the same goals we do today. The course will be divided into three semester sections with six functional areas, each followed by an Exam. A lecture outline is posted to Canvas in the week that section is started. Section 1: A. The Fundamentals of Business - We will read many of the classics of literature and philosophy to discern the authors' beliefs about business fundamentals and, in the process, relate them back to those fundamentals we each have in common with modern business leaders. Exam 1 Section 2: B. Marketing Thought - A few selected readings from Cicero to Galbraith will form the basis of a discussion on the critical importance of marketing to the existence of a business enterprise and we will learn what issues relating to marketing great thinkers have felt are...
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