What Is The Difference Between The Lorax And The History Of The Passenger Pigeons

Have you ever heard when someone has said “even the smallest thing can make a huge difference” well they aren’t wrong. Tragedy of the Commons (TOC) is basically the same thing but has a negative impact and is in a public land. Why is it important? The reason why TOC is important is because very tragic stuff could happen. For example The Lorax and in real life the story of the Passenger Pigeons. Both groups of people realized what was happening after it was too late. Both were caused because of greed. The difference is one species did survive and the other one didn’t.In both The Lorax and the history of the passenger pigeons both groups of humans realized the problem when it was too late for them in, The Lorax the Once-ler didn't realize the
In the Lorax, the Once-ler wanted the tree because they were soft for him to use so he can build up his company for money and profit.In the story of the pigeons the indians used large nets to capture them then the settlers came and started to also do the same thing it states “by the 1630s the settlers of New England did the same” People wanted the pigeons for food, feathers and as target practice. The one thing they had different is one of the species still existed at the end. The Once-ler saved one last Truffula tree seed and he gave it to the little boy so he can plant the tree and grow a whole forest. Sadly it was different results for the pigeons The settlers realize there was a problem with the population after it was nearly extinct. The population was so low they couldn't do anything it says “passenger pigeons died out in the wild in Ohio about 1900” and the last Passenger Pigeon known died in a zoo in 1914. In the essay written by Garrett Hardin about the tragedy of the commons said something about a population's numbers to the earth it stated