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Green Eggs and Ham

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My homage to the classic humanist treatise Green Eggs and Ham by Theodore Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss.

This book is an amazing story representing many things. Among them, mankind's fear of the unfamiliar and his irrational desire to flee that which he needs most of all. The protagonist begins the story in a world of misery in which everything is dry and meaningless day in and day out. His own life, in fact, is a fraud evidenced by the fact that our fellow is absolutely nameless. Until, that is, a strange little man claiming that he is "Sam, I am!" offers our hero a taste of some unusual meal known simply as green eggs and ham.

Our hero then leads us through a wild goose chase as he desperately tries to escape Sam and his atrocious meats, unknowing that green eggs and ham will give him purpose. His mind is too clouded with the fears that the food represents in his own mind (as evidenced by the distracting swirling miasma in my drawing).

Confused and exhausted, our man finally gives in to Sam (I Am!)'s pestering and tastes the food, realizing that there was nothing to fear all along! Finally life has meaning! There is a reason to go on! Sam wasn't a horrid little creature at all, but only a loving soul who wished to spread the gospel of green eggs and ham to a world that needs it. Green eggs and ham have given him the confidence not only to realize that he has a name, but to proudly declare it as if it were a title of honor: "Sam, I AM!" One can only assume what magnificient name the protagonist will choose for himself in his furthering adventures.

If only the quest for truth were always so simple.
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chillypaz's avatar
Trippy, just the way I like it! Keep up the good work! :D