The Lorax

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    “The Lorax” and the stories of Easter Island are alike even though one is based on true events and “The Lorax” is a kid’s story by Dr. Suess. Both of these stories involve someone that destroys their own environment and they don’t really care until it’s too late. Both stories show how easy an entire area can suffer if selfish people don’t care about the things around them and they are more worried about themselves. Everyone should care about their environment and do everything possible to…

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    The Lorax By Dr Seuss

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    “This is the Place” was apart of a book called, “The Lorax” and was written by Dr. Seuss. In summary, The Lorax is about a Man that makes an invention but soon finds out that his invention drastically ruins many things. In this particular part of the story, The man finds the perfect place to start his invention with the exact materials he needs. However, the other creatures around him tries to stop him anyway they can. In the poem the creatures start by not joining in with him when he was…

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    The story of Lorax relates to environmental science in a very explicit manner by explaining a story of a young man aspiring to be a great businessman and gets lessons on environmentalist through a character called the Lorax. The aspect of Lorax involves the Once-ler, cutting down all the Truffula trees resulting into the production of the poor quality and a toxic environment. The fundamental teachings from the process are that it is not good for a business to seek aggressive expansion at the…

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    over-exploited and eventually being destroyed. Cooperation, motives, and end results are three different focuses which describe how the Lorax and the Easter Island case study are examples of a tragedy of the commons. The tragedy of the commons can be seen In The Lorax where the Once-ler harvests a whole forest of truffula trees, taking advantage of the public resource. The Lorax, who speaks on behalf of the trees, hopes the Once-ler will halt his destructive behavior.…

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    comparing Dr. Seuss's the Lorax and Easter island. There are three things I will be comparing they environmental damage, animal species extinct and human destruction.The first topic I will be talking about is environmental damage. I think the biggest environmental damage at both places is deforestation. In the Lorax the once-ler doesn’t think about what would happen when all the trees are gone but the difference between the Lorax and Easter island is in the Lorax…

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    The poems “Jabberwocky” By Lewis Carroll and “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss are both interesting poems. The Jabberwocky is a story about a boy who goes into the woods to slay a mystical beast, and The Lorax is a story about a creature who tries to save a forest from pollution. Both poems The Lorax and the Jabberwocky have similarities and differences In word choices. To Begin, The poem The Lorax uses words to describe a once beautiful landscape and how its current condition is a terrible place full of…

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    damaged beyond repair (Hardin). He explained the damage to resources as a result of greed. The tragedy of the commons was conveyed in Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, a story about exploitation of resources. Even though this is fictional, it applies to many real life situations. A particular example is the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone. Concepts present in both The Lorax and this event are unawareness and denial of the problem, lack of…

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    Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax offers an animated analogy of how man’s actions have recursive actions towards the ecological balance of nature. The film largely emphasises on the artificiality of nature within Thneedville. While its citizens seem unfazed by the lack of natural resources, it is apparent that Dr. Seuss is portraying their oblivion towards the scarcity of nature itself. However, though the lack of natural resources may result in a polluted or contaminated environment, the clean outlook of…

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    people in the world. Since there is a plethora number of books the, Children’s Book Council (CBC) constructs a list of the top one hundred. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss should be included in this list of books. The pictures bring humor and creativity for the children, so they can be involved with the reading. Dr. Seuss creates a creature for the forest called the Lorax. It protects the environment in ways that are humorous and engaging for the kids while reading. The story also possesses the moral to…

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    There is an infinite amount of ways to portray something through forms of art. Writing for example, is an extremely expressive way to put things into words. In both The Lorax, and ”Mirror of our Fate”, the same ideas of environmental issues are brought up. However, the writing styles vary. Writing is amazing due to the articulation which can be perceived through just about anything, in this case a children’s book, and an article by a professor of science. The standing cause of the issues in…

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