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Introduction: The Lorax is a classic children's book written by Dr. Seuss in 1971 and adapted into a feature film in 2012. The movie touches on all aspects of environmental issues faced today that came about with the advent of mechanization and human consumption. Until recently, the human species has not been overly concerned with the effects that our modern processes have had on the environment. Many were simply not aware of the issues of pollution but the Lorax helped raised awareness and helped point society in the right direction. This awareness helped the environmental movement and people rallied for laws to help protect the environment (Barber). The Lorax is a straightforward educational film on how individuals can make a change in the world by being more aware and striving for sustainability through conservation, and help foster a green economy. The Lorax movie embellishes every issue our course material covers including the importance of sustainability, deforestation, biodiversity, and environmental quality.
The main charters:
The charters of the Lorax all represented some portion of our modern society. The Once-ler characterized corporations, factories, and
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Similarly, how the action of deforestation creates a chain reaction and affects the other parts of the ecosystem as well. All too often companies start mining or harvesting resources without understanding the long-term environmental impact as emphasized in the movie. The Once-ler act of deforestation resulted in the Brown Bar-ba-loots having no food source as they depended on the trees for food. Displacement of a species is discussed in the course in great detail with fossil records supporting facts of the great extinctions of species that have taken place because they could not survive the sudden environmental
The Lorax addresses the issues involving pollution, big industries, mass production, how greedy people can be, and obviously the logging industry. One major idea behind this story entails is environmentalism and conservationism. The Lorax depicts the gravity of protecting and the preserving natural resources. It represents the dangers of what happens when we look the other way when it involves the corruption of our environment. The danger of what happens to our land, the air we breathe, and the affects on surrounding creatures.
The lessons that come out of children's picture books has a way bigger impact than some might expect. Dr. Seuss shows us different habits of mind, heart, and work, but between Horton in Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax, and Thidwick, Horton showed the most persistence in his generosity and actions. Horton throughout the whole story showed his generosity and kindness to the Who's even while he was being persecuted for what he believed in. On the other hand, The Lorax didn't show any generosity at all (at least towards the Once-Ler) and Thidwick was persistent at being generous to the animals, but in the end his generosity came to a stop.
The first two acts of this film are truly inspiring because they capture the "fire" of the environmental movement. It chronologically begins by discussing the origins of conservative environmentalists, to documenting the details of successful environmental movements, and concluding by explaining the merging of civil rights with environmentalists. Ultimately, “A Fierce Green Fire “serves as a dynamic call for the continuing action of protecting and conserving our biosphere.
Future generations have little to no say when it come to the state of the environment that they are going to have to live in and survive off of. The ones who do have a say in that same future, are the ones who do not have a particular interest in how things turn out. The initial response would be that this way of thinking does not lend itself towards being fair. Who is going to make sure that the world is still beautiful and plentiful in the future? Especially when the children who need to ensure this, do not yet have the knowledge to create change themselves. The Lorax is a story that was founded under the idea of saving the environment, aiming to communicate with children the importance of preserving the environment.
What exactly does it mean to be a hero? Does it mean you have to swoop in and save the day? Or does it simply mean that you are a kind person? In the story The Lorax by Dr. Seuss the author reveals his message, through the three main characters, which is to always be mindful of the environment and take care of it. The story depicts the struggle between environmental activist, the Lorax, and a greedy businessman, the Once-ler. The Once-ler starts a business that escalates and becomes a huge environmental hazard. It ends up destroying the entire community. Clearly, this story needed a hero, someone to save the community. Although we may think of a hero as someone who faces danger and death, in this story the hero is portrayed as someone who gives a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves. A hero is someone who is brave, selfless, and dedicated to solving a problem that will benefit the greater good. The Lorax is the hero of the story because of his perseverance, selflessness, and dedication to fixing an issue that will benefit the entire community.
In the introduction of “Silent Spring” written by Rachel Carson in 1962, more than 50 years ago the writer attempts to warn us that human beings will end by destroying the earth in the opening quote. She shows that human beings are causing harmful effects to the environment and the environment becomes polluted day by day. First, to lead to the issue, the author starts with a fable. She describes a beautiful natural town, but then the appearance of human beings brought a strange blight and everything began to change. Stillness, illness, disease, and death emerged in the town. Although the town in this story is not a reality, but the events in this town is happening truly around the world. The author uses points through the introduction of the book to explain, support main idea. Time is one of the important themes in this reading. She says that “time not in years but in millennia”, it took a long time to produce the life that now inhabits the earth, for life adjusts and balance has been reached. However, the earth changes rapidly due to the impetuous and heedless pace of man. People bring toxics to the earth that would require time on the scale and life of generations to adjust these things. People create chemicals, synthetics that introduced along with radiation harm the environment and organisms. The toxic productions are introduced to the environment but people hardly know about the devils of their own creation. These productions cause negative effects such as kill vegetation, sicken cattle, and cause the polluted air. People use chemicals to control the insects but this method has had only limited success. Day by day, insects adapt these chemicals to survive, become stronger and more difficult to control. In the end, the chemicals lose. The writer also says that monoculture (single-crop farming system) does not take advantage of the principles by which nature works, people is simplifying the nature that has introduced variety. Rachel Carson suggests using polyculture (grow many crops in a field) 50 years ago. People also have to face with the modern insect problem. Because of the isolation from one continent to another, insect developed many new species. These species began to move out into new territories that is receiving considerable assistance from man. Although people know the necessary knowledge - chemicals, synthetics are harmful for the earth and human beings - but they do not use it.
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
Throughout the years children’s books have changed dramatically. The messages the stories have been trying to convey have not changed much; however, the ways the messages are being conveyed have changed to ways that are more relatable. Based off the two books I have read it seems as if the way the authors are speaking to the readers have also changed. Writers have become more creative while also addressing larger problems in our world today. Beyond the stylistic change in text there were changes in artwork that have also evolved throughout the years. It seems that in the 1950’s the artwork in the children’s books were a bit more frightening. I found this to be typically due to the color pallet and artistic styles that were available in the time of publication.
Deforestation began with man’s ability to manipulate his environment. Wood has always been a primary source for shelter and has been affected by human expansion. As the worlds population grew, so to did the need for wood to make housing. As cities grew so did the demand for space to accommodate the growing population. Throughout history and even today, man has manipulated the environment affecting it’s resources.
Deforestation is a widely used term, but one with different meanings. Disturbance deforestation refers to all man made disturbances that alter a forest, these are the most common. This argumentative essay discusses the positive and negative aspects of deforestation. In the first part of the essay the pro arguments of deforestation will be discussed. For example, the issue of Global population and how forests are being used, land use and the ways forests contribute, wood use, forest growth, destruction and the reasons for cutting down the trees. The second half of the essay will cover the issues that are harmful to the environment because of deforestation. Many environmental issues take place everyday; a big question that arises, is if the global economy will ever finds middle on the issue of forest thinning. If deforestation was used only in the most crucial of times, the world might become a better place.
What kid hasn’t heard of Dr. Seuss? From “One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish” to “A person’s a person, no matter how small” to “From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere”, Dr. Seuss has filled the lives of children with whimsical stories and ideas. (8) Using casual dialect and everyday objects, he was able to spark the imagination of others. All the while, he instilled lessons into his writings. It is not a surprise that Dr. Seuss received an award for a “Lifetime of Contribution to Children’s Literature”. His work will be read and enjoyed for decades to come. All in all, no matter which Dr. Seuss story that the reader might select, his or her imagination will be sparked, and the reader will surely be entertained.
The Lorax is a tale that involves business ethics and environmental ethics. “Even in 1972, Dr. Seuss recognized that modern corporations don’t always have the environment at heart when they decide how to do business. The Lorax, provides a straightforward account of what can go wrong when companies fail to take environmental concerns into account (Arthur)”. Could the Once-ler have done things differently to keep the environment healthy? The film ultimately provokes the question, is there a way for businesses to exist that is not in conflict with the natural environments that they work
People should all take the environment more seriously and protect the future for those to come. It’s our responsibility to ensure that the children to come may enjoy all of earth’s beauty, and not through old issues of [National Geographic’s].
Scientists themselves are just beginning to understand the serious problems caused by deforestation. Deforestation occurs all over the world by all types of people. Peasant farmers even add to the problem because in most tropical countries the farmers are very poor only making between eight hundred and fifty four hundred dollars annually (NASA Facts). Therefore, they do not have enough money to buy what they need to live therefore they must farm to raise crops for food and to sell. In these poor countries the majority of people are peasant farmers this farming adds up to a great deal of deforestation. These farmers chop down a small area of trees for there plot to farm on and burn the tree trunks (NASA Facts). The combined number of farmers maintaining this process creates a great deal of clearing and burning of the land they need to cultivate, which results in land being treeless. Commercial logging is also another common form of deforestation. This commercial logging wipes out massive amounts of land sometimes deforesting several miles at...
Deforestation is the amputation of trees from forest areas more swiftly than they can be replanted or regenerate naturally. The fact that trees play an incredibly momentous part in stabilising climate, atmospheric composition and soil structure, removing trees rapidly becomes a major problem. There are numerous reasons behind the felling of trees by mankind. The Amazon basin is a prime example of humans exploiting rainforests. Within this tropical rainforest lie a vast variety of tree species, with many uses, giving humans even more reason to exploit this area.