Dr. Seuss displays an alternate universe where the Lorax is the speaker for the Truffala Trees. One day an aspiring entrepreneur, the Once-ler, discovered how versatile the trees really were and began to distribute the product. The Once-ler calls the Truffala Trees byproduct, Thneed; the public quickly admires the product. Thneed was made from Truffala Trees and due to the demand for it, Truffala Trees were quick to dwindle in numbers. In ladder years, a young boy hears about the almost extinct trees and tries to find out why they are no longer are abundant. The young boy finds the Once-ler, who tells him “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot nothing is going to get better it's not” (Dr. Seuss) Deforestation and the destruction
The Lorax was published in 1971. It was about the Lorax and the Once-Ler in a truffula tree forest. There was a big conflict because the Once-Ler chopped down lots and lots of the truffula trees. He chopped down the last growing truffula tree. Then a kid comes to the Once-ler’s house and hears the whole story. Then he realized the word “Unless” on a rock. The Once-Ler then sent the last ever truffula tree seed to the boy. The Once-Ler said “Plant a new truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air. Grow a forest.” Dr. Seuss wanted the kids to see pollution is bad for you and all the living things. That is why Dr. Seuss is more than nonsense words and rhyming.
Voice for the trees Lorax and logger Truax are considered heroes in their respective stories. Despite the two characters having such opposing views on the logging industry, they have many similarities when it comes to the delivery of their message. The Lorax shares a story of a persistent creature named Lorax who is frustrated with the Truffula trees being cut down by the evil Once-Ler. In the Truax a kind, gentle logger explains the countless benefits of logging to the grouchy Guardbark protector of the trees. This essay will compare and contrast the two stories.
Throughout The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Marietta ‘Missy’ Greer goes through many changes. From changing her name to adopting a child and many more life changing events. When she left Pittman County, she probably didn’t expect to have what she ran away from. Taylor left her home in Kentucky since she didn’t want to end up like all the other girls there. Most girls didn’t finish school, got married early, and had many kids. Taylor wanted a better life for herself so she left and made a new life in Tucson, Arizona. Some significant items that changed her life are Lou Ann’s ad in the newspaper, a photo of her and Estevan after Esperanza’s suicide attempt, and Turtle’s custody documents. Each of these items play an important role in Taylor’s
In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel “The Bean Trees”, she effectively uses colourful language to yield an image of rural Kentucky to her readers. Her descriptive imagery trigger thoughts, feelings, and mood. Kingsolver’s dialect, tone and Southern style also advance the plot which we see as she opens the story and as it progresses into each chapter.
Taylor, Turtle When someone reads a book and they notice something important, they usually write it down, or mark in the book, in this novel turtles are that one word that makes everyone hooked from the start. In the novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver there are many symbols that get make the person reading it, to wonder what will go on, and turtles are the one symbol that made me want to read on. Taylor Greer the main character in the book lived in Oklahoma, and moved away to get away from having a baby, but when she finds her a new home, a baby finds her. She ends up naming the child Turtle, and she doesn’t even know how old she is.
In The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Taylor Greer and Lou Ann Ruiz are two characters who “mother” their children in different ways throughout the novel. Both mothers work together to raise their children. Lou Ann is an overprotective and cautious birth-mother, while Taylor is a spunky, determined, and unexpected mother. In contrast to Taylor, Lou Ann’s nervous and pessimistic attitude influences how she mothers Dwayne Ray. ( Trans- is it good?)
In the novel, The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Turtle is a very young child who suffers from dementia. Although Turtle’s distress is not explicitly stated in this novel, it is evident Turtle continues to suffer from her scarring past. Turtle displays a number of characteristics such as: reticent, introvert, and concealed. Because of Turtle’s abusive past, she becomes a mute. “She or he said nothing.”(20) After months of being mistreated, Turtle grows up afraid of human contact and connection. “She sat quietly in the bathtub watching me.”(23) Turtle’s lack of ability to have an intimate human-to-self connection, caused by her past, retrains her potential to thrive. Since an absence of a positive male or female figure occurs in Turtle’s
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver deals with many issues in the 20th century such as women hood, motherhood and immigration laws. But this novel is much more than the issues presented. The Bean Trees focuses on the importance of family and the love that is shared throughout the novel. Barbara Kingsolver uses many literary elements to express this love and to overcome the challenges that are within the book itself. Another piece of literature that compares to The Bean Trees is “Women Work” by Maya Angelou.
In the famous poem The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus, America is deemed a land of “world wide welcome” for those who seek a new place to call home. The Statue of Liberty is established early on in the piece as a symbol of freedom and protection, a statue symbolic of the spirit of America. In the piece, Lazarus refers to immigrants as the “poor, huddled masses” to whom the United States offers a pair of open “golden doors.” However, many immigrants today feel far removed from the land of freedom referenced in The New Colossus. The promise of a blue sky with endless possibilities is far from reality for the Americans that the poem calls the huddled masses. It is clear that America’s promise of freedom and opportunity, characterized by the
The Lorax is a prime example of the concept, “Tragedy of the Commons.” In the movie we are able to see a beautiful landscape filled with animals, trees, and beautiful skies destroyed by the carelessness of the Once-ler. Although the Lorax speaks for the trees, the Once-ler’s money hungry goals blind him of his wrong doings because if he didn’t do it someone else would. In the beginning of the movie we see grass up to your chest, crows, and skies as dark as granite.
Social work is a unique profession for those with a strong desire helping people to improve their lives. People who decide to do this type of job they need to be strong enough to cope with the family’s problems and they should be steadfast to find a solution to help others in the process of making their lives better. Many different professions by their action can help people, but the social work job is on the top the most attractive to me where I can use my skills acquired in college and use knowledge from my experience to help others in need.
He didn't plant any Truffula Trees in place of the ones he cut down. He only had time to run his factory and make Thneeds. He kept making more Thneeds and making more money. Slowly all the animals that depended on the Truffula Trees for food, shelter, and fresh air had to move away from the barren wasteland that was once a beautiful and clean forest. The air was full of smog and the lakes were full of gook from the factory.
Blinded by burning desire, many seek any possible method to gain profit. For instance, in “The Lorax” the Truffula tree appears to provide humans with material necessary for creating thneeds—a revolutionary product able to fit multiple needs. Representing Earth’s diminishing natural resources, the Truffula tree was once abundant but now virtually gone, minus one
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss depicts a world ravaged by deforestation and suffering from other environmental crises. In the town of Thneedville, an aspiring capitalist begins to sell his new product and as a result of booming business, the cornerstone of his business pays the price. The trees, the only natural resource used in production, are harvested to the point of extinction. The lack of trees leads to soil erosion, air pollution, and species extinction. While this is a children’s tale and Dr. Seuss’s illustration may be quite extreme, it is a reality for future generations of our planet. Human involvement in ecosystems by clearing land for urban development, logging, and agriculture have all exacerbated the rate of decline in the region’s natural systems. The deforestation of rainforests for the cultivation of palm oil is causing the possible extinction of orangutans and exacerbating air quality issues in Indonesia.
For the most part, though a childrenʻs story, The Lorax is an environmentalist message targeted to urge young readers who are in time, going to determine our future, to learn from the tragic results of the Oncelerʻs actions. In the beginning of the story, the Onceler discovers the trufffula trees and begins to cut them down carelessly to make clothing, which in turn provided him money to use for his own selfish reasons. In reaction to the Oncelerʻs cruel actions, the Lorax confronts and warns the Onceler that if he continues to pollute the environment and cutting down the resources and homes of the species that live in it there will be consequences. Not caring about anything or anyone but himself, the Onceler continues to cut down the trees and use them for his own benefits, which continues to cause damage to the land and the species