Tatyana Cobbin

5/4/15
Bell-3A
Marvin K. Mooney
In the book Marvin K. Mooney, there are many characteristics and
situations that are comparable to Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon was the 37th
President of the United States. His name is mostly familiarized with the Watergate
scandal. The Watergate scandal was the investigation surrounding the break in of
the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate Building. This
then later led to his resignation. Marvin K. Mooney was not liked at all. Hes not
He was not wanted and the big furry hand wanted him to leave but hes waiting on
something to kick him out. Nixon went through a similar situation and his
resignation was the result of his possible impeachment. His name being involved in
this scandal enabled him to want to give up his President position. When the
scandal escalated, he lost most of his political support. Dr. Seuss was very political
and in favor of communism while Nixon was anti-communist and built his
platform around that. Dr. Seuss believed Nixon should have stepped down from
office and this was very clear in this his book by him saying he can go by anyway.
You can go by foot., You can go by cow, You go by skates., You can go on
skis, You can go in a hat and etc. At the end of the story it said, The time has
come so Richard went. This strongly compares to Nixon and him stepping down.
Nixon was going through a hard time and he knew the result would not be pretty.
His possible impeachment was the something he was waiting for to kick him out.
He knew that he just had to resign. Even though Nixon was similar to Marvin with
in his situation, Nixon wasnt a total pest, as Marvin was described, in most
peoples eyes. Nixon enforced desegregation of Southern schools and established
the Environmental Protection Agency. He made a big difference and just got
caught up in a horrible scandal. Dr. Seusss political position and dislike for Nixon
strongly shows in this book and is very hard to steer away from. Nixon was a
mirror image of how Dr. Seuss felt about Nixon. Some would say it basically
should have been called Richard M. Nixon but Dr. Seuss did a good job of
turning his political position and feelings about Nixon into a very interesting
relatable story book.