Yertle The Turtle Analysis

The children’s story, “Yertle the Turtle”, has meaning that goes beyond the aim to entertain young minds. When given a deeper look, this piece of literature is a representation of the social issues that were occuring when it was written. This story consists of Yertle, a relentless and greedy turtle king, Mack, a turtle who is not in agreeance with Yertle’s ways, and the rest of the turtles in a community. Yertle represents the superstructure in the community and the rest of the turtles, including Mack, represent the base. In this story, Yertle becomes obsessed with being able to see and rule as much of the world as he can. In an effort to achieve this, he instructs turtles to stand on top of each other to support him and raise him into the