I have the personal goal of positively impacting one individual every day. Whether that be by holding a door open for someone or sharing a compliment with a person, a small gesture can go a long way. In Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, twelve-year-old Ted Wiggins becomes an everyday hero, breaking the social norm for the greater good of the citizens of Thneedville.
There is no idea quite as romantic as love healing the Earth. When Ted’s love, Aubrey, introduces him to the idea of real trees, Ted makes it a goal of his to find one for her. However, in a land of plastic trees and canned air, his dreams seem nearly impossible to achieve. Ted’s grandma tells him a tale of the “Once-ler”, the man who killed all of the trees. After learning that the Once-ler,
holder of the last Truffula tree seed, lives on the outskirts of Thneedville beyond a massive wall,Ted hops on his scooter and pays him a visit. Dr. Seuss’ wisdom, conveyed through the lens of Ted Wiggins, inspire me every day to make a positive difference. He saw a problem and set out to fix it. His determination allowed him to earn the seed from the Once-ler and overcome the obstacles preventing him from planting it. The Lorax reminds me that each person has the ability to leave a lasting impact, just as Ted forever changes Aubrey and the citizens of Thneedville when he works to heal the world that they love so dearly. The truffula tree sprouts from the tiny seed planted in fresh soil, flashing vibrant shades of pink and orange throughout Thneedville. Soft to the touch and ever-so-sacred after years lost,Ted nurtures the sproutling every day with a watering-can in hand until the truffula tree is strong enough to survive on its own. Although the seed Ted planted was small, the difference he made by doing so was immense. By planting a small seed of love in all those around me, I hope to change their lives for the better.
In a short story called, “Thank you ma’am”, the author is trying to convey the theme, or message, of the importance of showing random acts of kindness towards others to help institute change. Mrs.J show one act of kindness when she washes his face. Another when she makes Roger food at her house. Mrs.J is kind and shows multiple examples throughout the story.
Help and devotion are shown in many different varieties throughout communities. These good acts are documented often in literature. Such is the topic in Ben Mikaelsen’s novel Touching Spirit Bear. People step out of their lives to help others become a better individual. Edwin and Garvey take on the challenge of making Cole Mathews a better person. In Ben Mikaelsen’s Touching Spirit Bear, the help of others enables an individual to transform as illustrated through characterization, epiphanies, and symbols, which shows others that even at peoples worst times, help is all they need.
The Lorax, is a small orange creature who deomstrates a love of the envrionment and a desire to preserve it. However, his wishes are interuppted by the Once-ler as he endeavors to create an aritfical society and succeeds. Transcendentalism manifests through the creation of these two characters as the Lorax can represedent the transdentalists love of nature, while the Once-ler may illustrate societys corruption of its destructive nature. Moreover, the film and piece of literature display the ability of an indiviudal to be corrupted by society and the advantage of living alone in nature, as the Lorax did. To further explain, the transdentalist belief of noncomformity is depicted through the character Ted, as he strives to find a real tree despite societys love of their fake
The Lorax written by Dr. Seuss is a classic children’s book about a mysterious forest creature named the Lorax. The Lorax speaks for the trees; he shows up when the Once-ler, a young entrepreneur, starts to cut down trees to make a thneed. The Once-ler tells a young unnamed boy the story about why the Lorax left and why there are no more trees. At the end, the boy receives the last Truffula Tree seed from the Once-ler. The Lorax film is about a young boy named Ted who wants to find out about trees after his crush Audrey said that she would marry the boy who got her a Truffula Tree seed. Ted goes to the Once-ler’s house. The Once-ler tells Ted about why the Lorax left and why there are no more trees. At the end of the film, Ted receives the last Truffula Tree seed. He and Audrey plant the seed in the middle of Thneedville. Truffula Trees start to grow again and the Lorax returns to speak to the Once-ler. The Lorax is a great, cautionary tale. According to Puig, “Anyone older than 10 can discern that herein lies a parable of green vs. greed. All ages are likely to find the cautionary tale entertaining as well as illuminating. Some might even find it galvanizing” (par. 10).
The lessons that come out of children's picture books has a way bigger impact than some might expect. Dr. Seuss shows us different habits of mind, heart, and work, but between Horton in Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax, and Thidwick, Horton showed the most persistence in his generosity and actions. Horton throughout the whole story showed his generosity and kindness to the Who's even while he was being persecuted for what he believed in. On the other hand, The Lorax didn't show any generosity at all (at least towards the Once-Ler) and Thidwick was persistent at being generous to the animals, but in the end his generosity came to a stop.
In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, people are portrayed to not work hard enough to achieve long-term goals or dreams that they have set for themselves. This idea is shown multiple times throughout the story. It starts with Lennie and George wanting to purchase their own farm, to do this they will need to make enough money to get the farm started. They show no effort to make progress on this dream of theirs, they spend all the money they make on women and beer. Lennie’s dream is to tend to and take care of the rabbits on the farm they hope to one day own, his problem is that he has a problem with animals. When Lennie pets an animal he usually ends up killing it, and he makes no effort to show a little more care for the poor creatures. Curley’s wife also had a dream to become a movie star but did not because she decided to marry Curley instead. People now are very similar if not different at all. Today people still of course have dreams and long term goals that they give up on or don’t want to work hard enough to achieve because they are so worried about the future that ...
Fear no more, Roosevelt does murder fear - the innocent fear. This sounds like a line that would come from the pen of Shakespeare. However, this is a the underlying message in What Was I Scared of? by Dr. Seuss. The Great Depression and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s speeches were extremely influential upon the works of Theodor Geisel, commonly known by his pen name of Dr. Seuss. One of the primary examples of this influence is reflected in What Was I Scared of?. The overall message of this book may be synopsized in the following - the only thing of which to fear is fear itself. All other fears may be overcome through bravery. Fear of the unknown hinders the individual from developmental
What exactly does it mean to be a hero? Does it mean you have to swoop in and save the day? Or does it simply mean that you are a kind person? In the story The Lorax by Dr. Seuss the author reveals his message, through the three main characters, which is to always be mindful of the environment and take care of it. The story depicts the struggle between environmental activist, the Lorax, and a greedy businessman, the Once-ler. The Once-ler starts a business that escalates and becomes a huge environmental hazard. It ends up destroying the entire community. Clearly, this story needed a hero, someone to save the community. Although we may think of a hero as someone who faces danger and death, in this story the hero is portrayed as someone who gives a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves. A hero is someone who is brave, selfless, and dedicated to solving a problem that will benefit the greater good. The Lorax is the hero of the story because of his perseverance, selflessness, and dedication to fixing an issue that will benefit the entire community.
However that tree is also the image of the result of her life as a slave, being the place where she is forced to hide her daughter in order not to have her sold away and chance for the future while the other becomes a divine symbol of happiness and love. The teachings about the futility of love are the most caring gesture she could think of. Janie’s tree is a whole different matter. She has lounged under a pear tree for three days, every spare minute she had from her chores. She has been sitting there “ever since the first tiny bloom had opened ”, ever since nature has decided to bring back life to the tree in springtime. Unlike her grandmother, her tree signs the beginning of her journey while putting an end to her relation with her only parental figure. She feels the weight of her own personal mission now: she wants to solve the mystery Nature had called her to gaze upon, to find her own bee and blossom to fulfill her life’s dream of a perfect
In the beginning of this story, one expects for the characters to follow the concepts that they represent. This story displays one man's journey to leave his home and comfort zone in order to fully explore his curiosity. He goes off into a forest and undergoes a life changing experience there. He encounters three different things that set him on the path to the journey of knowledge. This forest was symbolic of an assessment of strength, bravery, and survival. It took determination to survive in the forest and the young person entering into it would not emerge the same. Conversely, this story is more representative than realistic and the peril is of the character. This story is more of a vision or conscious daydream th...
Two forlorn leaves cling to the highest branch of a great oak as winter approaches. Nearly all of the others have fallen, and the second leaf wonders if “we know anything about ourselves when we're down there” (Salten 105). Both know that their time on the branch grows short. The first comforts its friend with recollections of warm summer breezes and the promise that many leaves will come after them, and then, still more. The first leaf is troubled itself now, and gently tells her friend to say no more for a while. After several hours of silence, a cold wind gusts, and the second leaf is torn from the branch, just as she began to speak, leaving the first alone in the cold and dark, with no one to comfort or be comforted by (Salten 105-110).
An aabbccdd rhyme scheme is used in this short but well expressed couplet. Personification is frequently used frequently throughout the poem to make it evident to the readers that God’s creation of nature is living. For an example, in stanza 2, Kilmer says, “A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast”, verifies that nature works hand in hand with one another for survival and lives. Seasonal changes us readers can relate to such as summer, winter, and spring are pointed out in to express that a tree continues in existence throughout time. The parallelism in lines 3,5, and 7 has repetition of the words “A Tree”. This stresses that a tree has purpose and hold significance everything around it. The poem shifts in the last stanza in which Kilmer says, “Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree.” This is a stanza that shows that Kilmer appreciates God’s creation and that he knows that God is all-powerful.
When we sacrifice our time to help someone in need, whether it is a great or small need, we become a part of their life and can help alleviate heavy burdens. We feel good for looking outside ourselves and contributin...
Volunteering enables an individual to make a positive impact on his or her community, while empowering the individual to better his or her life. This summer, I had the opportunity to volunteer at many diverse locations. From the hospital to the local library, I truly value my experience and treasure everything it has thought me. Volunteering lets us experience and learn things that we otherwise would not have learned; volunteering opens doors for us that we may not have been able to open before. Volunteering provides us with guidance and tolerance which we may use in the future to aid us in our decisions. At first glance, volunteering may seem to only benefit those who are helped, but on a deeper level, one can realize that volunteering benefits the volunteer as much as, if not more than, those who are helped. Not only does volunteering make a difference in one’s community, but it also helps the volunteer become a smarter, happier, friendlier and more caring individual.
In No Ordinary Sun, a tree is a symbol for nature. The tree will suffer the effects of a nuclear catastrophe, perhaps mankind’s most devastating intrusion into the natural world, and the “resilience” the tree once was able to exert against forces of destruction, would not be enough, “for this is no ordinary sun”. Tuwhare compares the effects of a nuclear disaster to the situations the tree once had to face. He uses this comparison to emphasize the harsh effects of nuclear fallout on nature. The tree could once “blunt” an axe, or “smother” a fire, but now, its “former shagginess shall not be wreathed with the delightful flight of birds”. Tuwhare also links the tree to its importance to humans in using a seemingly insignificant image of lovers shielding from the “monstrous sun” under the tree’s arms. He doe...