I believe Daisy-Head Mayzie is the funniest and craziest book in Dr Seuss’ the Cat in the Hat series. This book is about a girl called Mayzie had the fortune or misfortune of a daisy sprouting on top of her head. The funniest part is when one of Mayzie’s class mates shouted in shock to the teacher, “Daisy-Head Mayzie! She’s bursting in bloom.” Well, reading this book means that you are in for a laugh-out-loud all the way through to the end.
Things that people can never imagine happen in our societies today. Who could ever imagine a daisy growing on the head of a person? Of course no one but actually strange things happen, things that not even the so called intellectuals can understand. In other words, being educated does not mean that one has answers to everything. As we saw in this book, the principal at Mayzie’s school who is well known for his abundant knowledge about everything could not find an answer to why a daisy was growing on top of Mayzie’s head; instead, he went on a mission to research about daisies and where they ought to grow. However, what the principal did not realise was that the poor girl’s problem required immediate action and not a long study.
It is also surprising how people always want to capitalise on other people’s misfortunes. Besides the principal’s quest for a study, politicians, researchers and agents wanted to take advantage of the phenomenon.
It is also clear that people always dream of fame, as an agent called Fingale manipulated Mayzie into becoming the most popular in the land to which she accepted despite her parents’ disapproval. To mayzie, this was the greatest moment of her life that she did not realise the negative impact her fame and fortune could have on her. Mayzie went on to sign the contract with the agent. Oh yes! She became famous but at the same time lost family and friends. She felt hated by everyone and therefore, did not enjoy the money or the high status she now possessed. However, funny and crazy the book may sound, there is a lesson to learn and thus, there is no happiness in fame and riches if family and friends are not there to support you.
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