Dr. Seuss Major Accomplishments

Growing up, most Americans likely had a copy of The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, or Horton Hears a Who somewhere in their house. On the cover of each of those books was a bright, colorful picture, and below that, the name of the author: Dr. Seuss. He secured his position in American children’s literature with his unique style. Seuss did not learn this style, it was not luck, and it most certainly was not a fluke. He was born with a unique imagination that enabled him to think of things unlike those that exist within reality. From the day he was able to, Seuss began writing and drawing. He nourished this gift, educated it, utilized it, and ultimately harnessed it fully. Seuss’ imagination led him to college, employment, fame, and prosperity.

Seuss was inspired and directed to create films revolving around the war. During this process, he learned to edit and move plots in the grand stage of Hollywood, where competition was fierce. This helped Seuss develop a competitive edge and an intricacy in his writing that greatly benefitted him later in his career. After a successful campaign with large-scale filmmaking, Seuss decided to take the driver’s seat on a new cartoon television show, “Gerald McBoing Boing”, which he wrote and directed. With great fortune, he went on to receive Academy Awards for this cartoon, as well as his war films. After such success, Seuss continued to work on a number of cartoons and documentaries, offering his unique creative

Seuss returned to his roots as an author and illustrator. He began writing on a number of subjects, not shying away from any particular area of pop culture. Philip Nel, a critic of Seuss’ work, wrote in one of his many essays on the author, “To date, the major areas of inquiry have been politics, gender, psychology, art, folk and fairy tales, and whether or not Seuss’s books liberate the child reader” (Nel 3). Nel displays main topics Dr. Seuss covered and then transitions to his interest in children’s literature, which Seuss became serious about following the conclusion of the war. He used what he had learned from his experiences, as well as the surplus of topics he had covered, to resume writing for this newest audience. It was Seuss’ first book following his early career, And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street, that ultimately directed his future. Denied by a number of publishers, the book was not an immediate success. Even when Dr. Seuss finally came to an agreement with a publisher, the initial sales were less than