“The Lorax” is a children’s story/book written by Dr. Seuss who is a political German-American author and artist. Some people see this book a source that shows how some people are concerned about climate change. The ending page of the book has a significant role in explaining the damage the Onceler caused. Although many of the details, pictures, and lines Dr. Seuss mentioned while walking the readers through the deterioration of the setting of the story are very important, the part that shows the central theme of the story is the closing page where Dr. Seuss's choice of words and colors emphasizes the seriousness of environmental damaging mistakes that people make and the hope for a better change.
“SO … Catch!” is how Dr. Seuss started his
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This has a great hidden meaning since it shows the Once-ler is not the one learning from the boy. Instead, the boy is open and very passionate about learning from the experiences of elderly with all his body and mind. What is more interesting, however, is that Dr. Seuss never showed the Once-ler’s face. When looking at the details closely, one can infer that the Once-let is a stand-in for any person who is responsible for damaging the environment. Also, his choice of not showing the face could be to hide the Once-ler’s emotions and expressions to show that people who damage the environment do not show any emotions towards …show more content…
Seuss shows how the old experienced man gave the young inexperienced child an advice (a way to learn without many challenges) to succeed in his journey, “Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care” and walked him through how to achieve his aim, “Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air / Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack” (Seuss). Then, to give the boy a motivator, he told him about the results he will see and what he will get from taking the advice, “Then the Lorax/ and all of his friends / may come back” (Seuss). Those lines make a huge difference in how readers will interrupt and analyze the theme of the story. Without those lines, one will see the main theme of the story as a person who irresponsibly cuts down trees and a weird creature who keeps confronting him. Also, one might see how people do anything to become rich even if it means turning trees into “Thneeds” to sell them. Yet, those lines came as an awake for readers to tell them that they are, indeed, in charge of the environment and that they need to take the first step before it is too late.
“The Lorax” strongly connects to the issues of global warming today and by looking at the lines “You're in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds,” one will feel that they should be a part of saving the environment. There are so many ways one could contribute to the cause. Many ask how they can they make any difference as they are only one person. That’s an easy one, it only took one man to create a holocaust.
During the Holocaust, over six million Jews were killed, but there are only twenty thousand known rescuers. These rescuers are known as the “Righteous Among the Nations.”
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 Barbiloo bears had to leave their homes because the trees provided food for the bears. Also the birds were forced to leave after the air had become contaminated with awful gases that filled the air. The fish also played victim, the water had also been contaminated from all the toxins being thrown into the water. The Lorax and The Silent Spring tell close to the same story and have the same story. They look at what having factories, communities and, humans and what it can do in an environment without out our
The story of how a stupid horse and a wagon on Mulberry Street grows into a story that no one can beat.
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, is 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.
...spoke about the concentration camps while they were going on, then that could have made the difference. All you really need is one person to start and others will follow. There was a reason why Wiesel made it out of the camps, and millions of others did not. He made a difference. He educated so many people of the pains of the Holocaust. Since we now know about it, we should not be ignorant and pretend that there is no other problems in our world, because there is. Now that we know this and we know what has happened in the past, we should do everything we can to prevent this from happening in the future. We determine the future, we can either ignore the problems of others including in other countries and the same thing might happen to us, or we can choose to do something about it and try to eliminate hatred and make sure that no one will have to experience it again.
In conclusion, from local governments to large influential organizations, people around the world turned their back on the Jews during the Holocaust. Almost every day in our lives we have the opportunity to be more than a bystander. We should put aside our own individual fears in order to pursue fairness for others around us. Being a Boy Scouts has taught me to do for others “…to help other people at all times.” When I consider our oath, it reinforces how selfless we all must be to make the world a better place to live.
The quote stated in the above paragraph is one of his many exact representation of his views on the world. Dr. Seuss is well known for writing many of the children's books my generation has grown up with, but is also known for inspiring and
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2011 Two Different Mice and Two Different Men To the average reader, “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck may initially look very similar, but after carefully critiquing and comparing their abundance of differences, their opinion will change. Steinbeck found his inspiration for writing the novel after reading that poem. His novel is set in Salinas, CA during the 1900s and is about migrant farm workers while the poem is about the guilt felt by one man after he inadvertently ruins the “home” of a field mouse with his plow. Even though they are two different genres of literature, they share a similar intent. The poem is written in first person, while the novel is written in third person.
Most people think that one person cannot make a difference. If more people would have taken a stand, then quite possibly more Jewish people would have been saved. One person does make a difference, Oskar Schindler proved.
If the individuals, governments, and countries would have stood up for what they knew was right, the Holocaust would have ended before it did. Just like society now, we don't care about something if it doesn't directly impact us.
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Dr. Seuss I took an unconventional approach in the topic I chose for my reading assignment – whereas most groups selected single novels, my partner and I opted to read a collection of short stories by none other than the notorious Dr. Seuss. Were I writing this essay on a “normal” book, I would be able to pose a question about the book itself and answer it in an ordinary sort of way. However, given the subject matter I have chosen, an essay on an individual book, though possible, would be a very tricky thing to do. It would be wiser, and probably easier, to respond to the man himself. My decision to respond to the man himself makes many more choices – what facet of Dr. Seuss shall I ask myself questions about? I think perhaps I first need to give some brief biographical information on the man to understand the background he’s coming from. In 1904, Theodore Seuss Geisel was born in Massachusetts, USA. I have not been able to find too much documentation about his childhood, but he certainly did not come from a terribly poor or terribly unsuccessful family… in fact, his family had owned a local brewery in their home town of Springfield for several years. Ever since his childhood, Geisel had dabbled in the fields we all know and love him for today… for instance, during bible recitals, he read the verses to a rhythm and often in rhyme. In High School he wrote many short essays and drew cartoons for the school paper, and even then he had adopted a pseudonym for himself – “Pete the Pessimist”. Upon graduation, Geisel began studying literature at Oxford university, as his original intent was to become an educator… even then, he punctuated his time at Oxford with his job editing and contributing to the “Jack-O-Lantern”, ...
According to literary critic Clifton Fadiman, “Theodor Geisel Seuss provided ingenious and uniquely witty solutions to the standing problem of illiteracy among children (qtd. in Kaplan).” Due to various influential figures and profound experiences during his lifetime, as well as expert use of creative literary techniques, Theodor Seuss Geisel’s children’s books continue to compel readers of all ages – allowing them to escape into different worlds filled with nonsense.