The Lorax

Dr. Seuss has influenced everyone’s lives in a certain way with his charming books that teach life lessons in a way that captures everyone’s heart. He has allowed everyone to have a nice laugh and learn that reading can be fun, even when you’re learning a valuable lesson. In one of his books, Hortons Hatches The Egg, it teaches us to have a caring heart. In the book Horton comes across a bird named Mayzie that is hatching an egg. Mayzie wants to go on vacation, so she asks Horton if he will sit…

topics in The Lorax but as a whole, the main topic of the book is the way in which ecosystems interact and the different relationships that exist within them. In terms of content, the book teaches many different things. For example, there do exist symbiotic relationships – the Bar-ba-loots live harmoniously with the Lorax, the Swomee Swans, the Humming Fish, and the Truffula Trees. Relationships within systems like this cannot exist if part of the system is missing. Beyond this, The Lorax…

affected you and the people around you? Thinking about the outcomes of your actions before doing them is important because they could affect you and the people around you. As you notice there are some unordinary words in both these poems. In the Lorax, Dr. Seuss uses words such as, cruffulous, smogulous, and smeary. As you can see all of those words are negative words describing the “forest” he used to live in which is now a smokey factory for sneeds to be manufactured.In the…

In the classic book The Sneetches, Dr. Seuss tells a story about biases and the desire to fit in. The star-bellied Sneetches look down upon the non-star-bellied Sneetches. “With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they’d snort ‘We’ll have nothing to do with the plain belly sort!’” With the invention of a star on and star off machine, a cunning entrepreneur capitalizes on the Sneetches desire to fit in (and later to stand out) by adding stars to the bellies of the Sneetches without…

When one thinks of influential writers, Dr. Seuss, or renowned author Theodore Seuss Geisel often comes to mind. While his works are aimed for children and the younger generations, it is no secret that they teach valuable life lessons and reading skills for all. Specifically, Dr. Seuss used his World War II experiences to encourage young children and to build the next generation; one of the greatest examples of this, is “Horton Hears a Who”, which motivates people of all ages and walks of life…

In the Lorax video, the environment was dying and the natural resources were depleted due to the new and increasing threats caused from overpopulation, an increase in population, and the total disregard of the environment. Just like in the Lorax video, the amount and seriousness of the environmental concerns that are in reality are rapidly increasing. Some examples of environmental concerns that both the Lorax video displayed and that we currently have are deforestation, industrialization, and…

“Yertle The Turtle” Before Dr. Seuss was writing his greatest works, he was employed by the Allied forces in WWII to create cartoons and propaganda films. This background had an influence on him that would show up again and again. Dr. Seuss was often believed to only be writing to entertain children; however, he is actually trying to convey certain messages of political and social issues to his youthful readers. It was important to Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel that his readers got more from his…

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive that is you-er than you! This is one of the truest quotes from the mouth of the beloved Dr. Seuss. We will look into the life of this renowned author of some of our favorite children’s books. Dr. Seuss, whose full name is Theodor Seuss Geisel, was born in Springfield Massachusetts to his parents Henrietta and Theodor Geisel on March 2 1904. He went to Dartmouth College and graduated the year of 1925. While enrolled there, he…

Analysis Outline Name:Kaitlyn Fultz Intro(ideas)Thesis:The Sneetches By Dr.Seuss is a story about a particular creatures that go by the name ¨The Sneetches.¨ Some of the Sneetches have stars on their bellies while others do not. Sneetches with the stars on their bellies are considered to be better than the other group of Sneetches which do not have stars on their bellies. Leading me to think that the Sneetches with stars are referring to humans who think they are above others just…

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss About the Book Long before saving the Earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the Earth’s natural beauty. Your Mission Read the book and think about how it relates to us today. Write a letter to Mother Earth stating what you will do to preserve her. Your letter should be submitted electronically and sent as an attachment to Mrs. Jarrett at ajarrett@henry.k12.va.us by…