Would you serve Him in a box? Would you serve Him with a fox?
No one has ever doubted the layers of meaning in the stories of Dr. Seuss. The Lorax has obvious lessons about the environment. The Butter Battle Book took direct aim at the Cold War arms race. Some say Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! was one way to demand the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
So when Horton’s world of Who-ville was ‘’saved by the Smallest of All,” Robert Short saw the savior of the Whos as a symbol for the savior of all people. From Green Eggs and Ham to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Short has reinterpreted many of Theodor Seuss Geisel’s stories as subtle messages of Christian doctrine in the new book, The Parables of Dr. Seuss.
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