Shel Silverstein

Hardiman Mrs. Rhine February 4, 2018 Shel Silverstein, “If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough”. Sheldon Allan Silverstein an American poet, songwriter, and a children’s author. He grew up in a noisy environment during the great depression, which affected his living conditions. His parents would have arguments about Shel’s artist skills because they viewed them differently, but the arguing didn't stop Shel from doing what he…

children’s poets? Shel Silverstein, the renowned author of “The Giving Tree”, “Where The Sidewalk Ends” and many more popular children’s books shocked everyone by his sudden change in genre in the 1960’s. He created his own writing style, uninfluenced by other poets or authors in his works, which made his books and poems become flourishingly popular. In all, Shel Silverstein’s creativity and diversity allowed him to become one of the most well known children’s authors of our time. Shel…

Sheldon Allan Silverstein, Famous Writer and Poet Sheldon Allan Silverstein, who was known and went by Shel Silverstein, was born in Chicago, Illinois. His day of birth was on the 25th of September, 1930. As a young boy Silverstein “Would have much rather been a good baseball player or a hit with all the girls… not much I could do about that so I started to draw and write” (584, silverstein). He had started to really get to drawing at the age of twelve, and started to forget about being a…

I did my paper on Shel Silverstein.Shel silverstein was a successful kids author, cartoonist, poet, and folk songwriter. He was born in Chicago Illinois on September 25, 1930.He started drawing and writing a young age. He went to study at Chicago academy of fine arts (known today as Art institute of Chicago) but then dropped out to join the army in 1953. While in the army he drew and wrote cartoons where they were published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes magazine. (www.thefamouspeople.com)…

Smart by Shel Silverstein on page 157 is an enjoyable poem about a naïve child who believes he is more astute than every person he associates with. For example, the child thought he was getting the better deal when he received a dollar and “swapped it for two shiny quarters/ ’Cause two is more than one” (lines 3-4). By choosing quantity over quality the child is displaying a lack of understanding between amount and worth. Silverstein’s lyrical poem, uses repetition, rhyme, meter, and tone of…

Explicating Greed in the Works of Shel Silverstein Shel Silverstein was a 20th century American poet who brought to the world many beloved classics such as the poems “Presents, Presents, Presents,” “Captain Morgan’s Curse,” and “Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich.” Silverstein, or Uncle Shelby as he was referred to by children fond of his work, frequently explored the theme of greed and its dangers in his poetry. Silverstein’s poem “Presents, Presents, Presents” portrays greed in the form of…

other people’s tribulations and understand the fact that people share universal needs for love, security and even hope. It is essential, however, for children’s literature to have messages that impact positively on children’s developmental processes. Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree tells the story of unconditional love offered by a tree to an individual. The Giving Tree revolves around a boy’s extraordinary dependence on his environment throughout his life. This paper demonstrates that the…

meaning. In the Giving tree, it really is only talking about how the much the tree loves the boy and gives him everything. Did you ever ever think that sometimes the young boy was just using the tree when he was older so he could whatever he wants. Shel Silverstein the author of the Giving Tree really only gave the point Sharing is Caring. People whenever they read the book they read what is in front of them how the tree cares about the boy so much and the boy loves the tree, but no one really…

Silly poems and deep, dark truths are the world of Shel Silverstein. The lights in the attic always seem to be on; however, if one takes a hard look at Silverstein’s work, one must look beyond the lights in the attic to delve through the rest of the house to come up with a whole picture of who Shel Silverstein was. As with most authors, the face put forward in public for consumption rarely matches the behind-the-scenes person who keeps personal secrets away from society. All understand this…

but the kids just take them without thinking about how much it cost their mom or how much strain it puts on them. In The Giving Tree, Silverstein was implying that people, kids and adults alike, need to see both sides of the story and understand that they could have wound up there at one point or possibly could in the future. The figurative language that Silverstein used consisted of refrain (ex: “And the tree was happy”), and personification. Although he did not use a lot of figurative…