![]() ![]() ![]() All he needs to do is try it, and-wouldn't you know-he loves it. The only thing the big guy doesn't like about green eggs and ham is that he's not familiar with it. If we want to get a little less political, we can see Green Eggs and Ham as a don't-knock-it-till-you-try-it kind of a story. Seuss learned his lesson well, though an anti-prejudice spirit can be found in most of the books we read and love today. Just take one look at his political cartoons to see how he depicted Japanese and Japanese-American people ( source). But even as he was fighting against such anti-Semitism during World War II, he was exercising some irrational prejudice of his own. ![]() Often mistaken for being Jewish, Seuss wasn't a stranger to anti-Semitism. In fact, Seuss was kind of an expert in irrational prejudice-on both the giving and receiving ends. ![]() But we're going to assume away, because we know Seuss was a very socially conscious guy, one who was very concerned with irrational prejudice. Sure, this interpretation assumes that ham and eggs in Seussville aren't normally green and that the big guy is afraid of them because their color isn't quite what he's used to. Overcoming prejudice: Try the green eggs and ham, find out they're pretty tasty. Irrational prejudice: Green eggs and ham are gross because they're green. Just tell your kids that-they'll know what we mean. Green Eggs and Ham is often read as an allegory for overcoming irrational prejudice. Irrational Prejudice (Yes, This Is a Kids' Book) ![]()
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