Dr. Seuss

The Lorax


I think its safe to say most college students these days grew up reading Dr. Seuss books- Cat in the Hat, Oh the Places You'll Go, and the Foot Book to name a few. But does anyone remember The Lorax, a simple story about bar-ba-l00ts in their bar-ba-loot suits, truffula trees, and the onclers? Growing up it was just another story to me but thinking back on The Lorax it is so much more than a children's book. It is a story about the environment, industrialization, and greed. The onclers exploit the bar-ba-loot's forest; they chop down their trees, pollute the air, and contaminate the water. The build factories and make products from the trees to sell. slowly the bears move away and the once fruitful, colorful land turns into a gloomy, barren scene. This story is an analogy of how corporations destroy natural areas to build factories. After they exhaust natural resources in a certain area they move to another place, leaving the original polluted and dirty. The Lorax speaks for the trees and asks the onclers to be more conscious of the environment. Through this story, Dr. Seuss is begging us to be more conscious about how we treat our environment.

Watch the Lorax!