The Cat in the Hat full rein to their destructive impulses without guilt or consequences." For a 1983 article, Geisel told Jonathan Cott, ""The Cat in the Hat" is a revolt against authority, but it's ameliorated by the fact that the Cat cleans up everything at the end. It's revolutionary in that it goes as far as Kerensky and then stops. It doesn't go quite as far as Lenin." Donald Pease notes that "The Cat in the Hat" shares some structural similarities with other Dr. Seuss books. Like earlier books, "The Cat in the Hat" starts with "a child's feeling of discontent with his mundane
The Cat in the Hat (film) police officers. Larry goes back to the house, telling Joan to meet him there. By the time the kids and the Cat return to the house with the lock, a huge mess has already spilled from the unlocked crate and engulfed the house. They navigate their way through the oversized house and find the crate while cleaning up. The house is returned to its normal proportions, but then immediately falls apart to which the kids angrily tell the Cat to exit the house. Conrad prepares to face the consequences when Joan comes home, but Sally says she will share the