The Lorax And Easter Island: Literary Analysis

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A common theme throughout humanity is greed and a denial of responsibility. I have found that in the fictional story of The Lorax and in the historical story of Easter Island, these are common themes. These two stories share many similarities, such as the issues they take on, the damage caused by the people's actions, and warnings and examples they offer for future generations. One similarity that the two stories share is the environmental issues that arise. Both stories face a broad number of environmental issues, but one specific example is that both stories talk about deforestation. Deforestation became a problem for the Easter Islanders when they began to rapidly cut down trees in order to move the stone statues that they carved to different

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