The Lorax

many Dr. Seuss books that impacted me. One of Dr. Seuss’s books, The Lorax, made it easier for me to learn English while making it fun to read. The Lorax was one of my favorite books Dr. Seuss wrote that helped me with my English as well as inspired me to help the local environment and community.…

The Lorax and Easter's End when you hear those two things you typically don’t think of much rather then a fictional story for young kids and a mysterious island covered in large stone heads leaving us puzzled on how they ever got there. Although that maybe all that ever does come to your mind if you look past they both are very similar in many ways regarding the science behind the two. As for the both face almost the same exact environmental issues that we do today. When it comes to key…

1. In the story, the Once-ler represents greedy corporations and the Lorax represents natures advocate. The Once-ler is only concerned about making his business bigger, while the Lorax tries to bargain with him to protect the environment. 2. The Once-ler saw the environment as a business opportunity and nothing more. While the Once-ler did express appreciation for the Tuffula trees, he was more concerned with creating bigger business from them. 3. The Once-lers business failed…

I was sent here with a scouting party to find the last lorax. I turn to my partner and say" There's a lorax somewhere in here. it's the last of its kind we've got to find it. We continue to walk ahead then we stop and look down to see a man laying dead and frozen. "Poor guy hate to die like this. In a cave suffering." I say out loud. I think to myself "why are we still her? just to suffer? As we ventured deeper into the belly of the beast I couldn't help but wonder why are we still here? then…

The stories of The Lorax, By Dr. Seuss, and Easter’s End, by Jared Diamond, both touch on a very controversial point: The destruction of our natural world bringing extinction of life. Both authors take their own perspectives in going about this topic. Suess, using a fantasy world of the future, speaks about pollution and the destruction of forests, Whereas Diamond gives a brief history of Easter Island and how its biodiversity declined and perished. Each author equates the end of their stories…

In the eyes of many individuals, The Lorax may stand as nothing but a simple children’s story. Penned by Doctor Seuss, the tale chronicles the life of The Lorax, the fluffy friend that speaks for the trees, and the money-hungry man working against him, the Onceler. Though it may seem naive and childish, The Lorax does a fantastic job of warning readers of the degradation of the environment and its eventual ultimate destruction. This short yet grand tale is reminiscent of the fall of Easter…

Tragedy of the Commons: The Lorax meets the Dakota Access Pipeline The tragedy of the commons is an economic problem popularized by Garrett Hardin in the late 1960s. This widely accepted theory states that “every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit from a given resource. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, every individual who consumes an additional unit directly harms others who can no longer enjoy the benefits.” (Investopedia) This theme of greed is present…

surprisingly draws many parallels to the children’s book, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury depicts a future where ignorant and emotionless masses are bombarded with meaningless media and filled with empty happiness. In this oppressive world, Montag is a fireman whose job is to destroy all books, however, he soon begins to question the society he lives in and turns into an intellectual revolutionary. On the other hand, The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss, follows the story of a greedy…

with extensive amount of trees and waterfalls. In Safineia we value the importance of preserving and recycling. The Lorax is a great representation of this because he loves nature and is known as “one with the trees”. He speaks for the trees to strive for what is best for his city, and as a transcendentalist community, we look to nature for reassurance. In our city, Safineia, the Lorax is a significant figure because his lifestyle is centered around the core values of our town, such as…

taken advantage of and is used to near or complete depletion. Dr. Seuss’ 1972 TV movie, The Lorax exemplifies ideas from The Tragedy of the Commons. These ideas include putting pollution into nature is just as bad as taking something out, human nature to breed and give birth to an exuberant amount of children, and then there is the impossible human thought of making infinite things out of a finite world. The Lorax portrays the idea of putting pollution into nature by showing how it affects the…