Oh, the Places You'll Go! Symbolism, Imagery & Allegory

If you haven't noticed all of the open spaces throughout the book, we haven't been looking at the same book. Seuss uses open spaces elegantly both in his illustrations and prose to examine possibil...

There are more kinds of houses in this story than appear on one day of HGTV programming. (Don't know what HGTV is? Then you must not be a yuppie.)In stanza 2 ("You have brains in your head./ You ha...

Okay, this one is probably the most obvious symbol in the book, but we have to call it out. Take a look at stanzas 14 and 15:You'll come down from the lurchwith an unpleasant bump.And the chances a...

Another "of course, why didn't I see that?!" symbol: that ball in stanza 23:Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.And the magica...

…for people just waiting.Waiting for a train to goor a bus to come, or a plane to goor the mail to come, or the rain to goor the phone to ring, or the snow to snowor waiting around for a Yes or N...

Whether we're talking about the long-necked monster in the suburbs (3) or the Hakken-Kraks and their incessant howling (28), there are monsters all over this book. While it's easy to ignore them in...

That's right. This whole story is pretty much one rainbow colored allegory. For what? Only for your child's journey through life, careers and relationships and the emotional experiences that come a...