Similarities Between Once-Ler And Jabberwock

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Have you ever slain a Jabberwock? Chopped down a Truffula tree and seen a Lorax? These are just some of the things seen in the 2 wonderful stories by Dr. Seuss and Lewis Carroll, in some poems very alike each other. In fact, these two childhood stories are so similar you could write a whole essay on them, like I’m about to do.
Although the Jabberwock and the Once-ler are very different, there are some key similarities between them. Both of them come trodding into the forest, and are seen as evil through the rest of the environment. The Lorax wants the Once-ler to stop chopping down trees, and the son wants to get rid of they evil Jabberwock. The Once-ler and Jabberwock both did bad things. The Once-ler ruined an environment and the Jabberwock

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