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Theodor Seuss Geisel's Lord Of The Flies

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It was 8:00 at night when I was getting ready for bed; however, after I was finished, my dad would read me one of Dr. Seuss's marvelous books. As I was growing up, I thought the books that Theodor Seuss Geisel wrote were nothing but rhyming and nonsense, but when I reached seventh grade, I learned they had powerful meanings. Dr. Seuss is more than nonsense words and rhyming. Dr. Seuss targets issues like: pollution, environmental issues, big business, communism, dictatorships, cold war, racism, segregation, discrimination, responsibility, and a child’s imagination being squelched by adults. Three of his most prominent books are The Lorax, Horton Hatches the Egg, and The Sneetches.

“I speak for the trees,” said the Lorax. In the book, The Lorax, the Once-ler and the Lorax play a role. This story can happen world-wide. Dr. Seuss wrote this story in 1971. In this story, the Once-ler chops tress, builds a factory, and makes all creatures vacate. The problem in this story is destruction of nature to build business. To solve the problem, the last truffula seed is planted which preserved the environment. This story was written to display the effects of pollution, environmental protection, and the effects of big business. Dr. Seuss is more than nonsense words and rhyming. …show more content…

Suess is writer and cartoonist. “I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful one hundred percent,” said Horton, in the book Horton Hatches the Egg. This story expresses responsibility and faithfulness. Dr. Seuss is more than nonsense and rhyming. Horton Hatches the Egg was written in 1940. It takes place in various places including: the sea, New York, where the circus went, and near Palm Beach, FLorida. Horton, Mayzie, the egg, hunters, and the circus crowd play a role. Throughout the book Horton is asked to do Mayzie’s job by sitting on her egg but Mayzie wants the egg back when it hatches. As a result, the egg turns out to be Horton’s

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“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not.” This is an enthralling quote that has helped shape my academic career. The Lorax is a book written by the children 's book author Dr. Suess. This story is about a lovable protector of the forest called the lorax, and a greedy miser called the Onceler. This may seem like a simple story about two characters in a fight about the Natural forest of the Truffula trees, but it is also a great showcase of the overusing of the natural resources and the impact it has on the ecosystem of that

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The lorax was published in 1979. The characters of this book were the Once-Ler and The Lorax. “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.”

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The Lorax by Dr.Seuss is a entertaining story that promotes caring for the environment and the Earth. However many people unknowing don’t realise that the story has a deeper meaning about corporate greed. One example is that in the story too many Truffula Trees were being cut down and as a result there's wasn’t enough Truffula Fruit to go 'round for the Bar-ba-loots which means they had to wander around scavenging for food. The cooperation that was chopping the Truffula Trees down said “BUT... business is business! And business must grow regardless of crummies in tummies, you know”.

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In “The Lorax By: Dr. Seuss” you read about a boy that finds a large plain and finds the most beautiful trees and takes the seeds from the tree to plant a large forest of them for his own financial gain. After the forest flourishes with beautiful trees and teeming with wildlife. After a while he realizes he can set his business up in the middle of the beautiful forest so he begins cutting down the trees. “The Lorax” comes around the time he cuts down half the forest and tells him to stop cutting down the trees. The man refuses the Lorax and calls his entire family to aid him in the destruction of the forest.

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Dr. Seuss once said, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not. ”Dr. Seuss uses this quote in The Lorax and it shows that The Once-Ler didn’t care about the whole environment and he completely ruined it.

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Every day, from here to there, funny things are everywhere” (31). Seuss is using this story to prove the idea the there are many different people and animals in the world. And each person and animal in different and has their own unique reason why they are special. Seuss targets both young and old with the idea that everyone and everything is important. Whether you see what makes them special right away should not matter.

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The current problem being faced is overpopulation, both of these events portray potential dilemmas that the modern world may face. The town in the Lorax and Easter Island ran completely out of natural resources. In the Lorax, only one individual was responsible for the downfall of the environment. On Easter Island, both animals and humans contributed to the destruction.

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Seuss books being social and political critiques, so is The Sneetches on the topic of racism. Being an avid reader as a child, I briefly recall reading this book in a corner at Borders. Now as a young adult, Dr. Seuss books have deeper meanings and I can easily apply to various political and social movements occurring around the world such as Oaxaca, Brexit, or the Black Lives Matter social movement. Although it is a simple children’s book, most of our world leaders and corporate America must come back down to reality and make time to read this literary work because in the end, we are all humans, despite our race, ethnicity, sex, gender, or sexual orientation. The assignment brings us back to our roots with a colorful illustrations and a straight-forward message from Dr. Seuss against

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He would do anything for his environment and for the trees to be safe. The Lorax tries to send the Once-Ler’s bed down a stream so he would not return to the area. The Lorax makes a promise with the Once-ler to never chop a tree down but instead harvest the tusks of the tree. When demand grew high for his product, his family convinced him to start cutting down the trees. The Lorax asks the Once-ler which way does a tree fall, he responds with down.

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