Analysis Of Green Eggs And Ham By Theodor Seuss Geisel

Would you ever try GREEN EGGS AND HAM?? Did you know Dr.Seuss's name is actually Theodor Seuss Geisel? you never knew green eggs and ham uses 50 different words in the whole book! Did you know that chefs actually got inspired to cook green eggs and ham after the book was published. Green eggs and ham was published on August 12, 1960 & is the 4th best selling children's book of all time. Green eggs and ham is about a character names "Sam-I-am" tries to persuade a unnamed character to try green eggs and ham. The book Green Eggs and Ham illustrates that you shouldn't judge any food until you've actually tried it.

The book symbolizes judging a person or thing by appearances.

 "I would not like them here or there I would not like them anywhere,

As much as Sam tries to have the unnamed character try green eggs and ham, the unnamed character just wont try it!

 "I do not like them Sam-I-am, I do not like green eggs and ham"

Why does the person not want to try green eggs and ham? Well the unnamed character might be afraid to try new stuff maybe involving his past. Typical eggs are not green, and usually ham isn't green either, the unnamed character was probably afraid that Sam was trying to poison him. " I could not, would not, on a boat, I will not, will not, with a goat, I will not eat them in the rain, I will not eat them on a train, Not in the dark!

Not in a tree! Not in a car! You let me be! I do not like them in a box, I do not like them with a fox, I will not eat them in a house, I do not like them with a mouse, I do not like them here or there, I do not like them ANYWHERE". Throughout the book, the unnamed character has a scared look on his face, so I think that the unnamed is afraid of the green eggs and ham and all the possibilities to eat them with. The unnamed