As we all know, before the Onceler came along, the home of The Lorax and his friends was a beautiful place, choc full of resources and strange, dancing bear things, singing birds and humming fish. When the Onceler was coming through in his horse drawn carriage, he saw the rare Truffla trees, which could be used to make his precious Thneeds – something everyone, EVERYONE, EVERYONE needs, so he decided to set up a shop containing these Thneeds. The problem with this was that the Onceler didn’t know about the art of sustainability. The Onceler was one of those people who thought that there was an endless amount of resources, so he just kept chopping down more and more truffle trees. Before too long, he built a factory with his extended Onceler family, and they started to pollute the environment. Soon, there weren’t enough trees to feed the strange, dancing bears, the factories smog smothered and choked the singing birds, and gunked up the humming fish’s ponds. This beautiful land was suddenly uninhabitable for its native and weird animals. All of this is still relevant today, because there are many, many different factories, logging sites and places that are destroying the environment. People are taking way more than the earth can produce, and in some parts of the world, the story of The Lorax is happening all over again. If the Onceler had known about sustainability, or could have another shot at his Thneed business, he would have to make some changes. First of all, he would have to limit the amount of Truffla trees being cut down, while constantly planting more, to keep a habitat for the native animals, and to be able to keep his business going. He would need to make much less, if any waste to keep the native fish alive and not mutated, and he would have had to burn less stuff, and make less smoke to not kill the singing birds. The main message behind the story of The Lorax is, that you need to be able to sustain a good living environment and keep resources alive, without using them all at once, while looking after the environment…..
Looks like SOMEONE should have listened to the Lorax.
That was the best 372 words that you will ever read.
The first half of your post is more of a recap then analysis. The last 100 words or so is much more what the assignment is about. You make some good points in that section. However, it is weakened by the point that the Once-ler should have listened to the Lorax. The Lorax was not advocating a sustainable future but one of simply leaving the forrest alone. This was not the point of the analysis. I think you understand more and can analysis better than the superficial effort in this post. I look forward to future posts where your true potential is on display.
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