metaphorically speaking,what do you think Dr. Seuss meant by "green eggs and ham"?

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if you don't know/don't care,then don't answer.no links or outside sources of what others say.answer in your own words:)

re:phrog-i think he illustrate what he meant on the cover of the book.i haven't read the book lately so i'm not sure about the green factor.you'll have to search for the cover picture:)

Answer 1

Dr. Seuss was very progressive, ahead of his contemporaries. You may recall that he wrote during a time when the Women's Liberation Movement was just getting underway in the U. S. He was very much in favor of equal opportunities and rights for women, but he was not in favor of a "class war" between men and women. The title "GREEN EGGS AND HAM" is, of course, simply an anagram for "HANG GENDER GAMES." Dr. Seuss did not like gender games, Sam I Am.

A full explication would not be appropriate here, but the theme lies only shallowly beneath the surface:

"I do not like them in a box" (reference to women being kept "in a box" at home).
"I do not like them with a fox" (in his era, lesbianism was not yet commonly accepted, even among "women's libbers").
" I do not like them in a house" (women should be allowed to work outside the home).
"I do not like them with a mouse" (women's stereotypical reaction to rodents belies the claim of equal emotional strength).

. . . and so on leading to the strong social statement:

"I do not like green eggs and ham,"
That is, "Hang gender games."

"I do not like them, Sam-I-am."

Very much ahead of his time, this Dr. Seuss.

Answer 2

I think that he meant try something different because you never know what you are going to get until you try. Green eggs and ham sounds disgusting and looks disgusting so most people would not want to try but after trying it you realize that you like it. Don't judge a book by its cover is the old adage. I bet since Dr. Seuss is the author of children's books he was going for the old enforcing of good moral fiber in children.

Answer 3

Green eggs to get your attention. Kids love to word play.
Ham, something that goes with eggs, but not normally green eggs. So you get a combination of something normally found in the kitchen but not normally this much fun. The hook is the green eggs the story is how the ham got there. Makes you want to read the book.

Answer 4

Hmm, when you boil eggs too long you know how the yolk gets a little too dark? Sort of a greenish-gray color? It may be that Dr. Seuss was giving mothers everywhere a break and pointing out to children that even funny colored food can be fun, and not to knock it until you try it. He used humor by exaggeration and made the food completely green.

Answer 5

On a related note, are both the eggs and the ham green, or just the eggs? If only the eggs are green, what colour is the ham? Is it a "normal colour? Or is it something weird like yellow, or blue?

Answer 6

This is a nifty Lift-and-Look Bookwith fabulous Flaps & peel-off silly stickers for Green Eggs & Ham' Scrambles.

This one is a famous book written by Dr.Seuss AristidesRuiz for young children. A play-way Activity Picture book.

'Green Egg & Ham' might metaphorically mean, what anyone would like to have them in any house. DELICACY!

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Answer 7

I think he literally meant green eggs and ham. I don't think the ham was supposed to be green, but there are chickens which lay green eggs. I think he was just trying to get the point across that you should try new things--you might find that you like them.

Answer 8

I've made green eggs and ham, not intentionally. I left the eggs to boil too long. If you leave them longer the yolks turn black......yum :(

Answer 9

He meant something deplorable on the outside, but mysteriously good when you see past it's appearance.

Answer 10

I think it's a long ago PLANTED seed of attempting to promote veganism..... I came up with GREEN OLIVES and Tofu, myself....

try some SEITEN...