Quite a while before “green” was the new black; Dr. Seuss wrote a cautionary story about trees. The Lorax, originally published in 1971 by Dr. Seuss, became a classic children’s book. The classic was recently turned into an animated film. In 2012, The Lorax film was made by directors Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda (“The Lorax”). The book and the film have the same basic storyline; however, there are a few differences. The Lorax film is more in depth than the book. The book, The Lorax went through many changes to become a film.
The Lorax written by Dr. Seuss is a classic children’s book about a mysterious forest creature named the Lorax. The Lorax speaks for the trees; he shows up when the Once-ler, a young entrepreneur, starts to cut down trees to make a thneed. The Once-ler tells a young unnamed boy the story about why the Lorax left and why there are no more trees. At the end, the boy receives the last Truffula Tree seed from the Once-ler. The Lorax film is about a young boy named Ted who wants to find out about trees after his crush Audrey said that she would marry the boy who got her a Truffula Tree seed. Ted goes to the Once-ler’s house. The Once-ler tells Ted about why the Lorax left and why there are no more trees. At the end of the film, Ted receives the last Truffula Tree seed. He and Audrey plant the seed in the middle of Thneedville. Truffula Trees start to grow again and the Lorax returns to speak to the Once-ler. The Lorax is a great, cautionary tale. According to Puig, “Anyone older than 10 can discern that herein lies a parable of green vs. greed. All ages are likely to find the cautionary tale entertaining as well as illuminating. Some might even find it galvanizing” (par. 10).
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Many time in our lives, we have seen the transformation of novels into movies. Some of them are equal to the novel, few are superior, and most are inferior. Why is this? Why is it that a story that was surely to be one of the best written stories ever, could turn out to be Hollywood flops? One reason is that in many transformations, the main characters are changed, some the way they look, others the way they act. On top of this, scenes are cut out and plot is even changed. In this essay, I will discuss some of the changes made to the characters of the Maltese Falcon as they make their transformation to the ?big screen.?
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a. The Truax points out both good and bad in relations to cutting down the trees. Through communication with Guardbark, the Truax states that cutting down the trees is beneficial for the environment. He explains that the cut trees are being replaced with the new trees that are planted. Furthermore, he says that people are well informed about conservation and that 95 million acres land had been set aside in Natural Preserves. In contrast to the Truax, the Lorax only indicates that cutting down the trees is horrible and gives big damage to the environment. According to the Lorax, the Truffula trees and the animals should be protected since the pristine environment depends on them. When Once-ler cuts all the trees down, the atmosphere gets polluted and the Truffula tree forest’s animals, Swomee-Swans, Brown Bar-ba-loots, and Humming-Fish have no choice other than abandoning their homes. The Lorax is written only from a pessimistic point of view. The only good thing in the story is the ending where the narrator hands the last Truffula tree seed to the child so he can plant and make a positive change
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