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The Lorax. In WriteWork. WriteWork contributors. This is a very nice essay, although it is marred by the fact that Dr. Seuss Theodore Geisel did not make cartoons. Seuss was a passionate advocate of both movements, and he wrote The Lorax to support the environmental cause as it began to gain momentum.

When a televised version of The Lorax was released in , the greedy Once-ler—a symbol of industrial America—asked the Lorax:. What do you want? I should shut down my factory? Fire a hundred thousand. Is that good economics, is that sound for the country? I see your point, but I wouldn't know the answer. Seuss establishes that the excessive growth of industry at the expense of the environment and its inhabitants is irresponsible, and is ultimately beneficial to no one.

The Once-ler serves as a warning to reckless industrialists as he is left to wallow in self-loathing, endlessly contemplating his tragic mistake of destroying the Truffula trees and leaving nothing of value behind. As the s drew to a close, Americans struggled to incorporate environmental preservation into the industrial order that had enabled the nation to become a global superpower.

After serving in World War II, Geisel returned profoundly changed and began to write books with more complex moral messages than those he had written previously. Among his most notable are the fundamentally anti-fascist books Horton Hears a Who and Yertle the Turtle Seuss later claimed that, "[ The Lorax ] was one of the few things that I set out to do that was straight propaganda. Listeners and viewers are invited to submit questions and ideas directly to the Globe's team here.

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