The Lorax: How Far Has The Earth Been Desecrated?

How far that the earth been desecrated? An animated film The Lorax shows a clear picture of what the world could soon become, if the human race does not take a step back and find a way to fix what we have created before it is too late. There are many similarities between the film and what happens now in our everyday life. The film Lorax is a comical film that tells a story of a man who ventures out into the forest and begins to cut down forest to produce a garment. As the garment became more popular and sells increase he finds that he needs to cut more trees to produce the garment. The man originally promises the Lorax that he would never cut down the trees, but puts his promise in the back of his mind and eventually cuts down all the trees
With a reflection in to reality, this can be closely related to how fast we build houses for the growing population of humans, and now there are so many houses sitting empty now because people cannot afford them, and are being foreclosed on. Later in the movie the community rebuilds and closes off the deforested area with a wall. They rebuild the community without the presence of plants, or trees which are outlawed. The mayor of the community is the villain in the movie because he outlaws trees and plants because he is in the business of selling air, and marketing the “quality of it”. The thought of selling oxygen it just appalling but, happens every day companies like Prax Air sells oxygen to its patients everyday who have respiratory
Does our society truly understand how important our trees are, and do we have any idea of how bad off we will be once they are gone? How close to complete deforestation are we with the world’s population increasingly on the rise, and why market this film to children instead of making a public announcement of the severity of the issue? The film showed the quality of air being controlled by the mayor, which is the same in our world; the government controls what goes and what does not. So why not put a stop to it? Just as it was in the movie is the same in out reality it is all about the all mighty dollar. To produce a movie of this caliber and to make it geared toward children is kind of mind twisting. Is this just a really good movie or does it have a hidden agenda? I would like to believe that we now realize just how much we have done to the earth and it is too late for us to fix, so we inform our children and put it in their hands. It is believed that behavior is learned, so unless we teach our children about the importance of our trees and recycling the human race could become extinct.
After viewing The Lorax it really opened my eyes to what is going on in the environment. It is one thing to hear about the environment because all the terms can become quite confusing. When it is broken down to where even a kid can understand it becomes shocking. I have