Did you know Dr. Seuss' The Cat In the hat has sold over 10.5 million copies (USA today)! The Cat In The Hat is a fun story about a cat who walks into 2 children's house and teaches them how to have fun on a rainy day. The only problem is that it’s the cats way of having fun. The cat in the hat's true meaning is that in life you will be tempted and you could have a bad reputation if you do the wrong thing. The cat in the hat's true meaning is that in life you will be tempted and you could have a bad reputation if you choose to do the wrong thing.
One way to prove that the cat in the hat's meaning is don't fall for temptation is that the cat comes out of nowhere and at random.The kids don't know who the cat is or if he was even coming. This could be like when you are with your friends. They could just assume that you will
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One example from the text that shows this is when the kids say "we heard a bump and that made us jump, then we looked on the mat and there we saw him a cat in the hat. Again the kids had no idea that the cat was coming. They thought they were just going to have a normal day but that’s the opposite of what happened.
Another way that Dr. Seuss portrayed the theme of the cat in the hat as temptation is that every time the cat wanted to do something crazy the fish suggested that the kids shouldn't do it. The first time the cat showed up in the kids' live he wanted to play games that would destroy the house. The fish stepped in and said, "no, no make the cat go away, tell the cat in the hat, he should not be here, he should not be about, he should not be here, when your mother is out." The fish tells the kids multiple times the cat should not be here when your mother is out. The fish knows that the cat will be a bad influence on the kids. The fish is like a parent, always looking out for their kids and caring. Not wanting them to get in
Dr. Seuss's original fable is a simple story told with a great moral that criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. The original story features an “Ebenezer Scrooge” type creature that lives up the mountains outside "Whoville." The Grinch indulges himself in the annual ritual of spoiling everyone's festivities with a series of nasty pranks. This particular year however he plans to sabotage the holiday season by dressing as Santa Claus, clim...
What do you think the cats in the movie actually represented? (6 pts) This should be a minimum of one paragraph.
A motherless tiny clown fish named Nemo who was born with a birth defect, and was raised by his overprotective father, is for the first time allowed to go to school. His friends dare him to swim into the open sea and touch the "butt." Meaning to spite his dad and fit in with his new-found friends, Nemo swims all the way out to the “butt” and touches it forever changing his life. Giving into the peer pressure resulted in a series of unfortunate events that shapes young Nemo’s character forever.
Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809. Many consider him to be the master of mystery and horror. He only lived until he was forty, and during that time he endured a lot of hardships. For one, every woman he ever cared for ended up dead, usually by the dreaded tuberculosis. That included his wife Virginia. The men in his life who were supposed to be there to guide him, well, they were not there. I think that helped him write a lot of his dark and macabre stories. His most famous work is The Raven, a narrative poem that was first published in January 1845. He also wrote other highly regarded short stories such as, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Tell- Tale Heart, and The Black Cat. I will be doing my review on the latter of the three.
seems so normal and a busy day. It is as though you can predict these
Theodor Seuss Geisel or as known as Dr.seuss is famous cartoonist , writer and author who was born 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is one of the most favorite children’s authors of the twentieth century. Although he is well known of children’s books like “The cat in the hat “and Green Eggs and Ham”. Theodor also has sold many copies of political cartoons, poems, and even film scripts not only in the united states but also worldwide. Poems, Political cartoons, and film scripts were some of his work as well. The power of writing he used brought joy and happiness to all people, especially kids. There is No doubt of a successful writer is he, brought such morals and lessons to real life. Whether he was drawing or writing, his work was
Movies are a huge part of many Americans’ lives. Everyone has a particular genre that they like the most or a particular actor. There are many genres to choose from such as action, romance, drama, musical, documentary, horror, comedy, and children’s movies. This is always attached with the cliché ‘Everyone’s a critic.’ Movies will only want to be seen if someone else says that the movie is good. They trust that advice so that they will spend anywhere from an hour and a half to three hours watching a motion picture. This form of entertainment is driven by the viewer. Horror movies however, are designed by the same chronology: introduction, conflict climax, resolution. Horror movies also have many actors that do not show up in the sequel. The actors also are very unrecognizable because of the possibility that these actors are killed off in the movie as it progresses. Horror movies cause people to do many things no other type of movie can deliver. Horror movies make viewers jump, they make them scream, and they make the viewers want to cover their eyes. All of these aspects make horror movies a heart-pounding and enjoyable form of entertainment.
Holden Caulfield, the teenage protagonist of Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, struggles with having to enter the adult world. Holden leaves school early and stays in New York by himself until he is ready to return home. Holden wants to be individual, yet he also wants to fit in and not grow up. The author uses symbolism to represent Holden’s internal struggle.
In the movie Finding Nemo, there is a father name Marlin, and a little son named Nemo. The personality of Nemo is he is an off the wall little clown fish that likes to take chances and is what we would call a hyper-active child. He likes to bounce around, take adventures without his dad being around, and somewhat despises his dad for always wanting to be right by his side. Till the day that acting out gets him in trouble. One day heading to school him and his dad, Marlin, get in an argument that makes Nemo want to rebel just like a little child would. So while at school he wants to prove to everyone that he can do everything anyone else could just ...
When my parents read to me, they enjoyed reading Dr. Suess books, which became popular with the publication of The Cat In The Hat. I was only interested in looking at books with color. When the books were colorful they grabbed my attention quickly. I couldn’t wait for my parents to come in my room at night and read to me from The Cat in the Hat. I think that this is one of the popular books that parents should read to their children.
Army. Some of his most iconic works came a decade or so later, including How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957), The Cat and the Hat (1957; written as a tour de force using 220 words from list of 500 supplied by his publisher), and Green Eggs and Ham (1960). After the war, Seuss and Helen purchased an old observation tower in La Jolla, California. There he would write at least eight hours a day. He wrote and published several children’s books in the coming years. A major turning point in his career came when, in response to a 1954 LIFE magazine article that criticized children’s reading levels, Houghton Mifflin and Random House asked him to write a children’s primer using 220 vocabulary words. The finished book, The Cat in the Hat was published in 1957. The success of The Cat in the Hat cemented Seuss’s place in Children’s literature. Over the next several years, he wrote many more books, both in his new, simplified vocabulary style and using his older, more elaborate
Seuss has made several contributions to literature. In numerous, if not all of his writings, Seuss uses funky rhymes, outlandish characters, and ties his story together with a heartfelt theme. (4) In relation to his works, Seuss himself said it best, “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple”(5); and I believe that this can relate to his works. The majority of Seuss’s books were children’s books, which contained an underlying message. By using his imagination and the way he arranged his words, he was able use the simplest words to create the biggest impact. Although he was immensely involved in his books, Dr. Seuss had a personal life as well. Behind the scenes, was a woman named Audrey Stone [Geisel], who greatly impacted and influenced his books later on in his life. (6) Because Seuss was successful, he received several awards. Some of these include: Lifetime of Contribution to Children’s Literature, An Academy award for “Gerald McBoing-Boing” (Best Cartoon, 1951). An Emmy for “Halloween is Grinch Night”. (7) It is obvious that Dr. Seuss’s writings have been and will continue to be loved and
about a snowman he once stole he says “I wanted him, a mate with a
Point of view is a very important aspect of The Black Cat. The main character tells the story to the reader from his first person point of view. You have a good feel for the story because you have the first person narration. As you read into the story it comes apparent however that the narrator telling the story is not a reliable interpretation of the details around him. You have a good feel for his emotions and the events of the story, but the narrators opinions are so far out that you are forced to wonder just what of the story is the askew interpretation of a madman and what is the reality of the situation. The first person narration of the story plays an integral part in the reader's level of understanding of the main character's madness, as well as the unfolding of plot of the story.
had warned her that if he found the cat on the porch he’d wring its neck. When he caught