In your book, “The Truax”, you bring use a fantasy world to bring up a real-world problem with the environment today which is the concern of deforestation. In “The Truax” you showcase, through the plot, a major environmental problem and show the point of view from two different sides of the issue. “The Truax” is set up in a fantasy land similar to Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” to make it appeal to adult and children alike. The beginning of the book starts off with Truax, the logger, about to cut down some trees as a part of his job, but Mr. Guardbark swoops in and stops Truax. The two characters argue about the deforestation of trees with Truax is for it and Mr. Guardbark is against it. But, even though Truax is for the deforestation Truax explains of multiple ways of how they combat the total destruction of the forest to Mr.
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For example, “Thirty-some years ago (just this past May). We had HALF the trees that are growing today” (Birkett 4). This quote from the book shows how with Truax, and his friends, are actually helping the environment by planting more trees than what is cut down. Another example is, “We’re teaching our people just how to conserve and we’ve set aside land in National Preserves. 95 million Acres (to be quite precise) Have been set aside just to look nice” (Birkett 6). This quote shows how the people in the fantasy land in the book, have taken the initiative to preserve trees and save them and the multiple animals that reside either in or by them. Overall, the children’s book “The Truax” highlights a major environmental issue that most of the world faces daily through its plot. Truax seemed to have the best side to support due to Ms. Birkett using “The Truax” to inform her audience about what really happens when loggers cut down trees apart of a
For example, “Thirty-some years ago (just this past May). We had HALF the trees that are growing today” (Birkett 4). This quote from the book shows how with Truax, and his friends, are actually helping the environment by planting more trees than what is cut down. Another example is, “We’re teaching our people just how to conserve and we’ve set aside land in National Preserves. 95 million Acres (to be quite precise) Have been set aside just to look nice” (Birkett 6). This quote shows how the people in the fantasy land in the book, have taken the initiative to preserve trees and save them and the multiple animals that reside either in or by them. Overall, the children’s book “The Truax” highlights a major environmental issue that most of the world faces daily through its plot. Truax seemed to have the best side to support due to Ms. Birkett using “The Truax” to inform her audience about what really happens when loggers cut down trees apart of a