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Information on Shel Silverstein
Title: Information on Shel Silverstein
Category: Literature / Biographies
Details: Words: 1233 | Pages: 5.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Information on Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Allan Silverstein, more commonly known as Shel Silverstein, was born on
September 25, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois. He started writing at the age of 12 although he would
have rather been playing ball. But, he lacked athletic ability, and therefore, became a writer.
He started off writing and drawing cartoons for the Sunday newspaper when he was over in
Vietnam. That triggered his interest in becoming a comical writer, as well as writing poetry and
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…showed last 75 words of 1233 total…or even the prejudice against colored or
gay people, everyone is worth the same, everyone looks the same, and everyone is the same
size when we turn off the light. Silverstein is trying to say that to solve the problem of prejudice
and degrading the less fortunate people for the way they look, if we were to just literally "shut
off the light," then people would love each other for their souls, not their appearances.
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