The book, Leo the Extraordinarily Ordinary Lizard, taught the students whom I read to about six animals who make the Santa Rosa Plateau home. Secondly, in the last pages of the book it educates the reader about the animals and plants to see while hiking, or biking on a school function, or for pleasure with friends and family. As I was reading to the kids, it felt like I was taking them to a completely different world, where they were observing animals talking and interacting other animals on a normal day in their natural habitat. It almost gave the illusion as to help others in need , and how to keep the Santa Rosa Plateau thriving.…
The stories of The Lorax, By Dr. Seuss, and Easter’s End, by Jared Diamond, both touch on a very controversial point: The destruction of our natural world bringing extinction of life. Both authors take their own perspectives in going about this topic. Suess, using a fantasy world of the future, speaks about pollution and the destruction of forests, Whereas Diamond gives a brief history of Easter Island and how its biodiversity declined and perished.…
Inside numerous masterpieces, books, musical collections, or even movies so far as that is concerned, the writers, specialists or makers once in a while use subliminal messages or imagery to depict socially applicable issues inside our reality today. In the book "The Lorax" composed by Dr. Seuss, there untruths numerous implications behind all activities and characters inside the film. The Lorax concentrates on logging, and the reducing of the common world and how individuals today need more of an asset or item to fulfill their own particular needs. From The Once-ler, to Truffula Trees, and even the Humming Fish, all which are essential characters or protests in the book, Dr. Seuss utilizes these made-up characters to demonstrate that there is issues that must be looked at and put to an end before we lead ourselves to our own particular termination. The Lorax makes an extraordinary showing with making certifiable issues socially…
The tragedy of the commons is an economic problem in which every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit from a given resource. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, every individual who consumes an additional unit directly harms others who can no longer enjoy the benefits. Today I am going to be comparing Dr. Seuss's the Lorax and Easter island. There are three things I will be comparing they environmental damage, animal species extinct and human destruction. The first topic I will be talking about is environmental damage.…
In your book, “The Truax”, you bring use a fantasy world to bring up a real-world problem with the environment today which is the concern of deforestation. In “The Truax” you showcase, through the plot, a major environmental problem and show the point of view from two different sides of the issue. “The Truax” is set up in a fantasy land similar to Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” to make it appeal to adult and children alike. The beginning of the book starts off with Truax, the logger, about to cut down some trees as a part of his job, but Mr. Guardbark swoops in and stops Truax. The two characters argue about the deforestation of trees with Truax is for it and Mr. Guardbark is against it.…
Michael F. Maniates (2001) article, Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?, challenges the idea of individualized, consumer-based environmental solutions. The author attracts the reader immediately by recalling a famous Dr. Seuss tale, The Lorax, which tells of a "short sighted and voracious industrialist" who is blinded by greed and destroys the landscape in order to produce "Thneeds" (pg. 31). However, the book ends with a sense of hope, by commanding a young individual to plant the last Truffula seed. The environmental degradation in this tale mirrors that of today 's problem, it is seen as an individual 's mistake, which can only be resolved by individual and consumer solutions (buy a tree and plant it) (pg. 32-33).…
These stories highlight some of the most important issues of the current era, both in different ways. In Eisenberg’s book The Carnivore Way, a more modern take on the current state of the ecological system. Eisenberg presents lots of logical facts and scientific statistics that are used to prove her point. In the other spectrum, Faulkner’s Big Woods collection tells a more narrative approach to telling the reader. He uses fictional characters to invoke emotions from the readers and insight his own messages to the reader, all while keeping the messages ambiguous to the reader.…
Relationships Among Organisms Relationships… not the average kind of relationships that come to mind. Relationships occur in nature, and they can come from several different encounters. In Of Mice and Men, a realistic fiction novella by John Steinbeck numerous relationships between the characters occur. These relationships relate to an article named “Living in Sym” which shares concepts of relationships in nature. Of Mice and Men and “Living in Sym” link to each other by Steinbeck showing mutualistic, parasitic, and amensalistic relationships.…
In the eyes of many individuals, The Lorax may stand as nothing but a simple children’s story. Penned by Doctor Seuss, the tale chronicles the life of The Lorax, the fluffy friend that speaks for the trees, and the money-hungry man working against him, the Onceler. Though it may seem naive and childish, The Lorax does a fantastic job of warning readers of the degradation of the environment and its eventual ultimate destruction. This short yet grand tale is reminiscent of the fall of Easter Island. Though the inhabitants were not aware of the impact they could have like Dr. Seuss may have, they continuously utilized more resources than their environment could handle.…
It encircles individualism and makes the reader think of how people can conform to society and do as they are told without knowing the consequences and results of their decisions. Also, it teaches the importance of self expression and the freedom that comes along with being your own person and having the power to choose what path to take in…
Mart A. Steward tells the story of the relationship between humans and their interaction with nature on the Georgia coast in his book, What Nature Suffers to Groe. In each chapter, Steward dives into a different aspect of this careful relationship that shaped the Georgia colony. Chapter 1 talks about the Georgia Plan and how the Trustees did not give an accurate report about Georgia’s climate and soil. This chapter also discusses how land was plotted out for use by the colonists. Chapter 2 discusses how terrible the bugs on the coast were as well as the very sandy soil, which made growing the crops the Trustees wanted challenging.…
The Lorax speaks for the trees, he warns the Once-ler to stop hurting trees and leave the forest. The Once-ler doesn’t listen and keeps cutting down the trees. Eventually the thneed gets more popular, pushing the Once-ler to cut down even more trees. Ultimately the trees disappear and there is no longer anymore truffula trees for the Once-ler to use to make his…
“Post [Hurricane] Sandy (which hurt the economy to the tune of $100 billion) and the drought ($150 billion), 74 percent of Americans have decided they’re very concerned about climate change and want something to happen” (McKibben 669). “A Moral Atmosphere” by Bill McKibben, argues that Americans are blaming climate change on big industries, while they could be part of the movement on climate change. McKibben goes on to show how Americans will use excuse after excuse to explain why the weakening ecosystem is not their fault, but in reality it can be solved by normal people. He concludes with that in the end everyone is going to need to step up and help fight to protect the damaged biosphere. “A Moral Atmosphere” uses strategies of statistics…
Storms of my Grandchildren is a interesting tale of experiences encountered by a climate change scientist, James Hansen. Hansen is a decelerated climate scientist who is a retired researcher of NASA. In his book, he journeys through his life as a climate scientist and tells his experiences and frustrations with the global warming trend that society is creating. It has a good mix of hard science, and political issues. The purpose for this book becomes clear early in the story, what is happening to our climate, and how do we fix it.…
This reading activity was designed for a small group of four students, led by a teacher assistant. The primary goal…