Dr Seuss "Green Eggs and Ham"

In the beginning of the 1965, the best seller book “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr Seuss was banned in China because of the “portrayal of early Marxism,” until 1991 after the author death. (Machlin, 2013) The book was also banned by a school from California, claimed that the book promoted homosexual agenda. I feel that, the book “Green Eggs and Ham” have a very deep meaning in it. Based on the my research, the book raises an important question, which is the relationship between beliefs and experiences. Some philosophers used the scenario of the story to shows that experience is important when people are making decisions (Teaching Children Philosophy, n.d.). So why is the book banned? I think it could be the metaphor and the visual that Dr Suess used. This also agreed by Dr Seuss himself when he was in an interview talking about his books (Books Gone Wild, 2014) 


Reference:Books Gone Wild. (2012)‘Green eggs and a hefty slice of potentially unwelcomed homoerotic Marxism’ Books Gone Wild.[online] Available at: https://booksgonewildrck.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/green-eggs-and-a-hefty-slice-of-potentially-unwelcomed-homoerotic-marxism/ [accessed 7 July 2016]

Machlin,S. (2013) Banned Books Week: Green Eggs and Ham. New York Public Library. [online] Available at: http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/avant-garde [Accessed:  17 August 2016]


Teaching Children Philosophy. (n.d.) Green Eggs and  Ham. [online] Available at: http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/BookModule/GreenEggsAndHam [Accessed: 20 July 2016]