reflection

reflection

  • Submitted By: jdmlover
  • Date Submitted: 12/02/2014 4:15 PM
  • Category: English
  • Words: 1412
  • Page: 6

Theodor Seuss Geisel is a famous author who wrote many pieces of writings which targeted children. Mostly known as Dr. Seuss, his idea of writing in rhymes was to not only have fun in reading but also to gain knowledge. Dr. Seuss’ writings did influence children to learn, not only by reading boring pieces of text but to actually learn through rhyming. This technique of writing has been criticized by others however jealousy may be a factor towards the criticism. Dr. Seuss ability to make silly, playful rhymes does have an effect of making children learn because rhyming improves productivity in the brain, makes readers happier and rhyming gets children eager to read.
Dr. Seuss was an individual who was always great at heart. After returning from University in England, he began his career as a cartoonist. At first he targeted adults since they were the main people who actually read the newspaper. However in 1937 before the war, he wrote his first book “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry.” According to the Vanguard press, they rejected this story over twenty five times because they did not find it appropriate for the common individual to read. Dr. Seuss first rhyming pieces began to target children in schools because in 1954, the illiterate rates were at its peak. School children did not have any interests in textbooks that were normally given to them because the books that they read were boring.
After learning about the crisis at schools, Dr. Seuss began to write books for schools. Many children loved the books because the books were very different compared to the text books. The use of rhyming words to create a story made children improve productivity in their minds. This is because the children’s brain would actually process these matching words in order to memorize things better. Instead of reading boring sentences on and on, Dr. Seuss created silly words that engaged productively in their minds so that reading can actually be fun. Dr. Seuss considered...

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