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Dr. Seuss Influenced My Life
Dr. Seuss influenced my life in numerous ways. I grew up reading and listening to his stories. I absolutely adored his writings and learned from them too. I learned about rhyming and language use. Since they’re such enjoyable books, it made me want to read more. Growing up, my favorite Dr. Seuss book, The Sneetches and Other Stories, that my mother passed down to me. This book includes multiple stories. In the first one, The Sneetches, the Sneetches learned that it didn’t matter who had stars or not. As a young child, this helped me learn that even though others may not look the same as I do, we’re all equal. In another story in that book, What Was I Scared Of?, a pair of disembodied pale green pants scares a boy. In the end, he finds that

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