Green Eggs and Ham

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is a great children's book that has a very interesting metaphor. There is so many different subjects that you can interchange with the two characters in the book and the subject matter "Green Eggs and Ham." One very obvious one that I can think of is interchanging Sam with the United States, the unnamed character with foreign countries, and green eggs and ham with democracy. It's funny how a book written in 1960 could sum up the U.S. foreign policy of exporting democracy since WWII. Also I could interchange myself with Sam, my buddy Jake with the unnamed character, and green eggs and ham with Dragon Boating because I've been trying to get him to go Dragon Boating with me for a couple of months to no avail even though I know he would like it.



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