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The Lorax Theme Of Greed
The Lorax is a great story for little kids but do you know there is a theme to this story? The Lorax is a fable that is about a little boy visiting the Once-ler. The Once-ler tells the kid about how it was a beautiful land until he saw the Truffula trees. He chops the first tree down and the Lorax appears. The Once-ler does not listen to the Lorax throughout the whole story and he made a business out of Thneeds. Later, the last tree gets chopped down and the Lorax disappeared leaving a monument that said, “UNLESS”. My theme for the Lorax is greed does NOT get you anywhere in life. First, I will explain this by finding a piece from the text and explain how it supports it. Lastly, I will explain my connection of how greed does NOT get you anywhere
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