English language arts
Selfishness
Most assume that selfishness is both wrong and unhealthy. But is this true? Selfishness means acting in one's best self-interest. Contrary to popular opinion, all healthy individuals do have some levels of selfishness. Dr. Seuss displays a clear picture of selfishness through his story The Lorax. Likewise Hosea Griffith also does the same through his poem The Selfishness of Hearts. The main characters in the story, Once-ler and the Lorax prove a great point of selfishness. The Lorax is the story of a boy who's looking for answers. Living in a ruined town, this little guy wants to know the story of the Lorax, so he goes to the Once-ler, an elderly inventor/manufacturer. The Once-ler tells the boy how the town came to be ruined, and most importantly, what he can do to turn things around. As a matter of fact Seuss and Griffith reveal how selfishness is a curse of the human race through the use of literary devices; more distinctively that selfishness pushes people away.
To begin, Seuss uses mood to establish the theme. Selfishness is what causes most of our problems in the modern world. Currently, we are living in an era that is filled with much gluttony and selfishness. However, selfishness is a trait that all of us possess, but the amount of selfishness that we have can determine the type of person we are for example, the Once-ler sets the mood in The Lorax by saying “No more trees. No more Thneeds. No more work to be done” (52). The mood created here displays an enormous amount of selfishness from the Once-ler. He does not care about anything besides himself. As the demand for Thneeds increase the Once-ler had to expand his factory to increase production and to supply the goods on what the people need, another act of selfishness. As the expansion made appearance there were a lot of ecological damages to the surroundings which also creates the mood in the story; showing how greed affects everyone. Constant acts of selfishness are being carried out
Most assume that selfishness is both wrong and unhealthy. But is this true? Selfishness means acting in one's best self-interest. Contrary to popular opinion, all healthy individuals do have some levels of selfishness. Dr. Seuss displays a clear picture of selfishness through his story The Lorax. Likewise Hosea Griffith also does the same through his poem The Selfishness of Hearts. The main characters in the story, Once-ler and the Lorax prove a great point of selfishness. The Lorax is the story of a boy who's looking for answers. Living in a ruined town, this little guy wants to know the story of the Lorax, so he goes to the Once-ler, an elderly inventor/manufacturer. The Once-ler tells the boy how the town came to be ruined, and most importantly, what he can do to turn things around. As a matter of fact Seuss and Griffith reveal how selfishness is a curse of the human race through the use of literary devices; more distinctively that selfishness pushes people away.
To begin, Seuss uses mood to establish the theme. Selfishness is what causes most of our problems in the modern world. Currently, we are living in an era that is filled with much gluttony and selfishness. However, selfishness is a trait that all of us possess, but the amount of selfishness that we have can determine the type of person we are for example, the Once-ler sets the mood in The Lorax by saying “No more trees. No more Thneeds. No more work to be done” (52). The mood created here displays an enormous amount of selfishness from the Once-ler. He does not care about anything besides himself. As the demand for Thneeds increase the Once-ler had to expand his factory to increase production and to supply the goods on what the people need, another act of selfishness. As the expansion made appearance there were a lot of ecological damages to the surroundings which also creates the mood in the story; showing how greed affects everyone. Constant acts of selfishness are being carried out