The Lorax Response

“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent!” Dr. Seuss is the brilliant children’s author / illustrator that has put several important messages into his books. A lot of the characters in his books are based off of his personality; however, some of them are based of other people that were in his life or that he had just seen. During his time writing, he was able to publish over 50 illustrated books. Dr. Seuss’s books are way more than just nonsense words & rhyming.

Published in 1937, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street was a huge success featuring the two main characters: a young boy named Marco and his father. This book took place on the same Mulberry Street on which Dr. Seuss grew up. In this book, Marco’s father won’t let him use his imagination. Sadly, there is no resolution to the conflict in this book, but that relates more to real life. This book, like all Dr. Seuss books, has a message …show more content…
The major conflict in the book is that the Once-ler is polluting the air, and he doesn't even seem to care about the long term effects, just making some money. Luckily, the last Truffula tree seed is given to a young child who can replant it. Dr. Seuss wanted everyone to know that you can make a difference and help stop world pollution and that we should all take care of the environment. See? Dr. Seuss is way more than just nonsense words & rhyming. Dr. Seuss had a real life experience with this. Trees that he really liked were being cut down but not replaced, and things that could be something new were not being repurposed. Then the concept for The Lorax was born. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s