Dr. Seuss 'The Lorax, Yertle The Turtle'

Dr. Seuss, also known as Theodore Seuss, has written many poems as well as short stories, and is considered one of the greatest children’s author in history. His silly stories are able to excite children in ways that make them want read. His Wife says,” Ted doesn’t sit down to write for children. He writes to amuse himself;” Little do children know that often, in his stories, there is a lot of political undertone, a few examples include The Lorax, Yertle the Turtle, The Sneethces, and The Butter Battle Book. If you were to really critique some of his books or poems, you might see that some of his themes wouldn’t seem to pertain to children. But what he’s doing, is hoping that they will understand the main idea of the story enough that it challenges

Anyone, or anything that challenges him, such as disciples, even something as huge as the moon is considered a threat to him, and is a stepping stool rising him in his power; He symbolizes leaders, such as Stalin, Hitler, Kim Jong II and many more. In the original sketch, the character, Yertle the Turtle, was drawn with the same mustache as Hitler, but was later changed to represent, instead, all

The Lorax addresses the issues involving pollution, big industries, mass production, how greedy people can be, and obviously the logging industry. One major idea behind this story entails is environmentalism and conservationism. The Lorax depicts the gravity of protecting and the preserving natural resources. It represents the dangers of what happens when we look the other way when it involves the corruption of our environment. The danger of what happens to our land, the air we breathe, and the affects on surrounding creatures. Smog and pollution adjust the clouds to a darker shade of grey. Birds migrate because they cannot fly and breathe in such horrible air conditions. Grass is no more greener on the other side of anything. Fish either leave or are left for dead. This Book also shows the danger of mass production, that if we produce too much of one thing, such as a “Thneed,” that eventually we will run out of our natural resources. Resources that take decades to grow back to their original population, if at all they even are able to. In this book he tries to teach kids to be someone’s voice when they forget to speak, to defend the defenseless. This gives children the idea that is ok to yell when it comes to saving something so precious. It gives them the power to stand against the “bigger”