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Seuss. Horton Hears a Who! New York, Random House, 1954. Many problems are caused by the way people are seen and looked at.Many people feel the need to be a certain size or certain way towards people to feel like they are accepted.This is something that Horton must have felt and thought towards the Who.Dr Suess was trying to explain from his book that many people are people no matter how small they are because everyone should get treated correctly no matter what.Horton says that“a person is a person no matter how small”(Suess,7).Dr Suess was trying to make sure many people felt the need to help others no matter what they felt because of their size,their needs,and their issues. Horton is the act of help that the speck needed because of his kindness.Horton tries to make sure the speck is safe no matter what the problem is because he knows the other animals don't want to help someone smaller than themselves because he explains to the kangaroo that “Try not …show more content…

The thesis can be more than what was said which means that Horton tries to be the better person due to the fact that he finds a speck that is little everyone makes fun of him for helping it and providing for it.The reason the thesis is correct is because it explains Hortons situation and what he is trying to do.Horton tries to make the speck feel as if it is a normal animal which was in the thesis.Horton explained the way that he could help the kangaroo hear by making the Whos yell and “the lads cleared his throat and shouted out yopp”(Suess,58).The reason why the thesis might not work is because Horton feels a type of way from some animals due to the fact that they were making fun of him but because of the Whos.Horton feels the way that even because he's helping them he's going to give back hatred to them because of before they used to pick on him for helping someone little or even talking to

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