The Lorax Video Questions: 1. What seems to be the intent of Dr. Seuss in writing this story? -He is showing the readers that life without the truffula trees caused a major affect on many other creatures and things. 2. Do you equate the ideas‚ people‚ or places in the story with real-life situations in our present-day society? If so‚ with whom and/or what? -You can equate the ideas in “The Lorax” to real life because it is deforestation and that occurs every single day. It affects many
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is good‚ but only if it doesn’t harm the environment‚ or cause many people to loss there jobs. Technology is bad because it can be harmful to the environment‚ people can loss there jobs‚ and we are relying on technology to much. In the book‚ The Lorax‚ the character known as the Once-ler moved into this forest with tons of trees and happy animals. The Once-ler started to cut down trees and make thneeds out of them to sell. As his business grew‚ his technology advanced too. He was cutting to many
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Dr. Seuss: Most Known Children’s Author Theodor Geisel‚ or as we know him Dr. Seuss‚ is a very well-known children’s author today. Even though he hasn’t been alive for some time he still manages to impact kids’ and even adult’s lives. He wrote dozens of books that are still very popular today for a number of reasons. Some of his most popular books have been transformed into movies or television shows. Overall Dr. Seuss is most cherished for turning his books into movies and giving kids a better incite
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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in 1904 he is better known as Dr. Seuss‚ one of the most beloved children’s authors of the twentieth century. Although he is most famous as an author of children’s books‚ Geisel was also a political cartoonist‚ advertisement designer‚ and film director. He used the power of imagination to produce unforgettable children’s books and helped solve the problem of illiteracy among American children. By using his experiences in life as a foundation for most of his books‚ Theodor
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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
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October 23). A boy sides with Dr. Seuss’s Lorax‚ and puts a town at loggerheads. People‚ 32‚ 67_68. Baker‚ Andrew (March 3‚ 2010). “Ten Things You May Not Have Known About Dr. Seuss.” The Peel. Retrieved April 9‚ 2012. Cott‚ J. (1997). The good Dr. Seuss. In T. Fensch (Ed.)‚ Of Sneetches and Whos and the good Dr. Seuss (pp. 99-124). Jefferson‚ NC: McFarland & Company. Geake‚ J. (2000). Primary science for gifted students: Learning from ‘‘The Lorax’’. Investigating: Australian Primary & Junior
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1904 in Springfield Massachusetts and died on September 24‚ 1991 (age 87) in La Jolla‚ California‚ US. Some famous books we would know by Dr. Seuss would be “Green Eggs and Ham‚” “Cat in the Hat” and his movies “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” “The Lorax”. Dr. Seuss was known for his children books and his amazing imagination and the places he would make for his books for example “Whoville” in his famous book How the Grinch stole Christmas. Did Dr. Seuss bring up social and economic issues with some
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Theodor Geisel Seuss is an American author‚ and a political cartoonist who is also known under the pen name Dr Seuss. His works play an important role in children literature because of his simple vocabulary and rhyming lines. His style is known by its exceptional storylines and moral values‚ two aspects that are found in most of his works. He has written several children’s books that inspired children and adults all around the world. One of his remarkable techniques that he uses in his writing‚ is
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with the butter-side down. Both sides compete against each other to make bigger and better weapons until both sides invent a destructive bomb‚ known as the "Bitsy Big- Boy Boomeroo‚” and if either side uses it‚ it will kill both sides. Much like The Lorax‚ there is no happy ending or resolution in this book. As the story comes to an end‚ the generals on both sides of the wall are poised to drop their bombs. It is hard for even some of the younger readers to miss Seuss’s main point here. Although Dr
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