The Lorax: Keeping The Environment

3.5 to 7 billion trees get chopped down each year. Humans have been destroying the environment for years, only now we are finally coming to the consequences of our actions. The only way to protect the environment is for people to take responsibility for their own lifestyle. The Lorax is a playful, enthusiastic movie that helps show the importance of keeping the environment healthy. The movie, The Lorax, depicts global and ethical citizenship because it had symbolism that can help the audience get more involved in trying to find out what it means, the plot was directed more towards helping the land around them than the plot in Hoot, and the theme effectively showed that in order to save the environment you need people who care about it.

Ted the whole movie trying to retrieve a tree to restore life in their town, Thneedville. “Is that... Yes. The last Truffula seed. And you're going to help me plant it right in the middle of town where everyone can see it.” (Renaud 2012). In the beginning, Ted only wanted to get the seed for a girl, but as he listens to the Once Ler's story and learns about what happened to all the t's and realized how important it is to help the environment. In conclusion, the movie is focused of trying to improve the environment. …show more content…
“I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues." (Renaud 2012). The Lorax is just one of the many examples of symbolism in the movie. Symbolism is important because it gets the audience to understand and think about the meaning causing it to be more impactful.Therefore, the Lorax is used to symbolise all the environmentalists working together to try to make a