Natural Resources In The Lorax And Easter's End

Many people around the world do not see that their wants and needs for natural resources are destroying the world and the environment. Although you hear about it all over the news, people do not realize that the littlest need can turn into a huge need, causing the resources to become slim to none. The need/want of natural resources by the society, is not only hurting the society, but also the biodiversity and the environment, which is shown in “The Lorax” and Easter’s End. The use of natural resources is harming the biodiversity and survival of wildlife. The society’s needs and wants are taking away food that the wildlife animals need to survive. For example, in “The Lorax” when the Once-ler cut down all of the Truffula Trees, the Brown Bar-ba-loots …show more content…
Natural resources are being used for a human’s everyday lifestyle. For example, humans are dependent on oil. Oil is the main natural resource being used because it heats up your house and is in gas to run cars. People need to realize that the use of natural resources harm the environment so much more than they think. In “The Lorax,” the factory that the Once-ler used to make the thneeds polluted the air so much that the Swomee-Swans were forced to leave because of the smogulous smoke, as well as the humming-fish because of the Gluppity-Glupp and the Schloppity-Schlopp. The factory is an example of factories today around the world with the chemical’s coming out of the smoke stacks, polluting the air, and the ashes going into rivers harming the wildlife habitat. Although Easter Island did not have technology or factories, the society there was still harming the environment because the amount of trees being used. The trees that were being cut down, caused animals to lose their homes and eventually becoming extinct. The islanders used the natural resources for food and tools while the Once-ler and his family used the resources for thneeds. The islanders fought over the resources in Easter’s End, but the Once-ler ignored the Lorax when he tried to stop the use of the resources. Also in Easter’s End, the fighting was so bad and the natural resources became so scarce, that the humans began to eat each other to survive. In both “The Lorax” and Easter’s End, there were people trying to protect the natural resources, both of them failed and all the resources were used up. The need and want of the natural resources destroyed land in both texts. Easter Island and the Street of the Lift Lorax were both beautiful places at first until humans had to destroy