It might seem like self-preservation, but the results aren’t necessarily what you’d expect In Dr Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham , the relentlessly upbeat Sam-I-Am spends the entire book badgering a grouchy, nameless narrator into tasting the eponymous dish. He cycles through one inventive but futile...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/27/does-avoiding-misery-make-you-happy)