Dr.Seuss's Political Cartoons

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In 1941, war loomed around every corner of America. It lurked like a plague, taking the lives of innocent people and instilling hatred and mistrust in the American society. Homes were broken, careers were lost, and hope soon faded as tension grew overseas. It was during this time when Theodore Seuss Geisel decided to battle evil the only way he could---through drawing. Long before "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham", Dr. Seuss, as he is most commonly known, drew political cartoons in hopes of restoring the dignity of America. Although he was already famous for his witty pesticides advertisements, a giant leap occurred in Seuss's career when his anger towards Nazism caused him to send his first political cartoon to a liberal newspaper called PM. Through his cartoons, Dr. Seuss tried to rid the world of wickedness by encouraging the American people to contribute to the war effort .In

