Oh, How Literature Makes The World A Better, Do-Gooder Place! - My Thanks To Dr. Seuss
Children are those most influenced by literature. Children may not read novels and analyze them to the extent that we have grown to do, rather they learn and become emotionally connected to the picture books that taught them to read, their numbers, and fundamental feel good life lessons. As young adults, we as individuals lose the emotional attachment we once held to the stories we read, and we wander from the sentimental aspect which allows us to truly reflect upon our readings. We are no longer impressionable. We are no longer a blank slate, ready to be vandalized by the colours that youth literature provides. The dense novels that we skim throughout our busy lives today, simply do not compare to the light hearted books complete with silly rhymes and eccentric illustrations that we once read as children. Dr. Seuss has influenced nearly every living North American for this reason. He has introduced millions of children to the joys of reading and the wizardry of wordplay. Though many may argue that it is literature that reflects the world, I stand by the contrary. It is books such as those produced by Dr. Seuss ( written to convey moral teachings broken down into lively rhymes from a child's point of view ), that continue to shape and reinforce positive teachings on lives of our society.
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