''I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew'' is a 1965
children's book
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by
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel ( ;"Seuss" '' conscripts the protagonist into his army. The army retreats during battle, leaving the protagonist alone against a pack of wild Poozers. Escaping into a dark tunnel, the protagonist finally reaches an exit door that opens near Solla Sollew.
The protagonist discovers that Solla Sollew is surrounded by a wall with only one door. The doorman apologizes that he cannot open it, because a Key-Slapping Slippard recently nested in the key hole, meaning that the single trouble with the trouble-free city ''is that you cannot get in''. Since the city no longer needs a doorman, he has decided to set off for Boola Boo Ball, yet another untroubled city that he has heard about. Though he offers to take the protagonist with him, the protagonist declines, reasoning that avoiding troubles only led to worse ones, and instead returns home, determined to face troubles rather than run away from them.
In ''Seussical''
In ''
Seussical
''Seussical'', sometimes ''Seussical the Musical'', is a musical comedy with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty, and written by Ahrens and Flaherty. The musical is inspired by many of the children's stories of Dr. Seuss, with most ...
'', Solla Sollew is the subject of a song in which the main characters yearn for a happy resolution to their problems. It is referred to as "a faraway land, so the stories all tell / somewhere beyond the horizon". It is said that "troubles there are few" and that "maybe it's something like
heaven
Heaven, or the Heavens, is a common Religious cosmology, religious cosmological or supernatural place where beings such as deity, deities, angels, souls, saints, or Veneration of the dead, venerated ancestors are said to originate, be throne, ...
".
Solla Sollew is believed to be a place of hope and wonder, where "breezes are warm" and "people are kind". It is a dream of the characters to find this incredible place, where they will find each other and be happy once and for all. However, they cannot ever find it, saying in the song "when I get close, it disappears".
See also
* ''
Bildungsroman
In literary criticism, a bildungsroman () is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth and change of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood (coming of age). The term comes from the German words ('formation' or 'edu ...