I feel like I need to #Shoutout Dr. Seuss. A lot of people miss the symbolism in his (childrens’) literature. I know he was His advocate!
“Wishes and dreams do come true, if you believe.”
Horton the Elephant hears a cry for help from a speck of dust and tries to protect the tiny creatures who live on it from the other animals. When his friends accuse him of imagining things Horton persuades the Whos to make as much noise as possible to prove they do indeed exist.
“Dr. Seuss’s much-loved book
Horton Hears a Who! has every appearance of innocence. It’s the story of a large animal — Horton — compelled to protect the Whos, a tiny civilization that lives in a speck on a clover and that only he can hear. Horton’s allegiance to the miniature people of Whoville is now a matter of public record. But who, we may ask,
is Horton? An elephant of an irrepressibly plucky disposition — yes. An inhabitant of the Jungle of Nool — true. The subject of harassment, assault and forced confinement for his devotion to the Whos – definitely. One of the most cherished creations of
Theodor Seuss Geisel, and now the star of a major animated feature – you betcha.”
We are selfish to think that we don’t have a greater purpose in life which involves the future of someone else.
Dandelions have always meant something to me and after thinking about Dr. Seuss’ influence and prominence in CHILDREN’S literature, it means more.
4 things I want to point out:
1. The little people on the spec of dust collectively worked to create the loud scream to let the non-believer’s hear their cry.
2. “Sometimes majority means all the fools are on the same side.”
4. Dr. Seuss character echoes Lucifer’s comment (Isaiah 14:13), “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God”
“Aghast is the word. It’s not a word that should be applicable to anything Seussical.”
“I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells.” —Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991)
Dr. Seuss wrote this:
A Prayer For a Child:“From here on earth,/ From my small place/ I ask of You/ Way out in space:/ Please tell all men/ In every land/ What you and I/ Both understand”
“Please tell all men/ That Peace is Good./ That’s all/ That need be understood./ In every world/ In Your great sky,/ (We understand./ Both You and I.)”
What’s the only toy mentioned in the Bible?
A ball. Isaiah (22:17-18) compares God to a pitcher: “Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, O you mighty man. He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country.”
The Cat in the Hat continues: “And look!/ I can hop up and down on the ball!/ But that is not all!/ Oh, no./ That is not all…”
THE CREEPIEST THING ABOUT DR. SEUSS: (An amazing Pisces)
Myth scholar Heinz Insu Fenkl argues the name of the central character in Dr. Seuss’s 1971 tale of ecological warning contains symbols for Christ. The Lorax, who says, “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.”
Fenkl writes: “LORAX is an anagram that breaks down into three symbolic clusters: AO, RX, and L. AO represents Alpha and Omega…These two letters, as we know, symbolize Christ, who said, ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’… the R and X represent (the Greek) Rho and Chi…the first two letters in Christos or Christ…the L in LORAX is not an extra letter (or an article), but rather another condensation of the Christ symbol in conjunction with the theme of protecting trees…when all the Truffula trees are gone, the Lorax is ‘lifted away,’ ascending to some mysterious higher place.”
