Critique Of The s The Lorax - 1004 Words

The story of The Lorax may be animated and exaggerated to the point of talking animals, but in reality, it is true. Destroyed habitats and forests are the products of capitalism. Karl Marx believed that capitalism benefits nobody except the greedy owners who take no consideration for anyone or anything other than the money they are getting from the next sell. Seuss uses Marx’s ideas in The Lorax to demonstrate how capitalism goes from private riches, to exploitation of others, resulting in exploitation of the environment, which Marx would not only have agreed with but would have joined the fight against the destruction of the environment. In The Lorax, we meet the Once-ler, a man looking for a material to create his product, the Thneed. Once he comes across the beauty of the Truffula Trees, he instantly starts chopping them down for his own gain. From here, he builds factories and invites his family to come work for him in order to increase production. The Once-ler states, â€Å"I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads. I biggered my wagons. I biggered the loads of the Thneeds I shipped out. I was shipping them forth to the South! To the East! To the West! To the North! I went right on biggering... selling more Thneeds. And I biggered my money, which everyone needs.† (The Lorax). In the book, a government is never mentioned to get involved to regulate or stop the Once-ler’s business. So this is a pure example of capitalism. Capitalism is when an industry is privately owned forShow MoreRelatedThe Work Of Dr. Seuss1336 Words   |  6 Pages The work of Dr. Seuss is a vast collection of critiques, whimsical thinking, and savvy life learning lessons for both children and adults. This paper considers how influenced the narrative and storytelling throughout Theodor’s vast career. First in his childhood, Sundays in the zoo with his father where animals had too many knuckles. In the same fashion later on, his sketches in Dartmouth College’s rag the Jack’o ‘Lantern. Throughout his career Dr. Seuss wrote about topics close to his heart and