...“Crash!” “Smack!” “Thump!” Imagine a world with no trees, nor plants or animals. Everyday the citizens of Thneedville would have to pay for fresh air. That’s how things were in the movie “The Lorax” after all the Truffula Trees had been cut down. This powerful messaged movie by Dr. Seuss explains about a selfish man who wants money, named the Once-ler and an interesting character who speaks for the trees, named the Lorax. In the movie, the Lorax tries to stop the Once-ler from making a bad decision that could ruin the lives of many people. This shows that the Lorax was determined, caring and depressed. One trait the Lorax has is determination. For example, the Lorax kept reminding the once-ler to leave and to not cut down trees. This is an...
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...Swamp. In Moths of the Limber Lost the author gives a quote that states, “It is quite true that "One man's meat is another's poison." When poor Limber, lost and starving in the fastnesses of the swamp, gave to it a name, afterward to be on the lips of millions; to him it was deadly poison. To me it has been of unspeakable interest, unceasing work of joyous nature, and meat in full measure, with occasional sweetbreads by way of a treat”(Porter, 1912). This shows that even though Limber starved to death in the swamp, Gene Stratton Porter found beauty in the environmental aspect of the swamp. She went to the swamp to research the birds in the swamp in order to study the nature in the swamp. “Now, the Limber Lost exists only in ragged spots and patches, but so rich was it in the beginning that there is yet a wealth of work for a lifetime remaining to me in these, and river thickets. I ask no better hunting grounds for birds, moths, and flowers. The fine roads are a convenience, and settled farms a protection, to be taken into consideration, when bewailing its dismantling”(Porter, 1912). This shows that the Limber Lost Swamp was once a great and beautiful...
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...was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” 13 Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. 14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.” 15 The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? 16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?” 17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing. Introduction As we look at this text today, I would like to bring to your attention the Dr. Seuss book titled, The Lorax. The Lorax book is about a tree loving character that finds itself in a fight to save Truffula trees. The Lorax’s speaks out concerning the plight of chose the Truffula trees because they had no way to speak for themselves. The Lorax realizes that these trees where being destroyed and that this destruction would have implication past the life of the trees. The Lorax speaks these...
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...Deforestation Jason Hennessee Axia College of University of Phoenix Deforestation “Dad! Dad! It’s opening day! Can we please go to the forest to watch the boats race?” Junior, age 10, was very excited about the idea of watching the boats race from the relative quiet and shade of one of the forests to border the river. “Sissy already has the car packed for the trip, and I think she even remembered to grab the charcoal this time!” Dean opened one eye. Seven in the morning was a bit early to leave for the boat races thirty minutes away when they started at nine. But, such was Junior’s excitement that Dean forced himself out of his bed earlier than he planned on. “Ok, son. Let’s check Renee’s packing and we’ll see about weather and conditions. Does Mom have her work finished yet?” Anne appeared framed in the bedroom door. “Yeah. I have some more reading to do, but I can do it at the site. The races are not my favorite thing, but you’ll need my help if the kids want to get wet. However, there is something I need to talk to you about. Junior, honey, please go make sure you have a cooler full of water and juice for us today.” Off like a shot, Junior dashed out of the room and Anne went in, closing the door behind her and lifting Dean’s laptop to the bed. “Dean, I think the forest is gone. Check this out.” Dean read the headlines and cutlines of the pictures and articles that Anne showed him. He shook his head as one by one they all told a devastating...
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...Mohammed Konneh BIO 171-B Ralph Spagnolo March 29, 2016 Midterm Essays Anti-environmentalists argue that “people have always polluted the earth” not knowing the reason we should care about the pollutions is in that quote itself. Humans have been polluting this planet since the dawn of mankind and at some point in time we have to understand that these pollutions would start to have an impact on the way we’re used to living. At first people ignorantly polluted the earth and depleted resources that are to be shared with the other species that are in our ecosystem but when rivers started to dry and animals began to mysteriously migrate, people started to take notice and the study of organisms and their interaction with their non-living surroundings. It is true that people have always polluted the earth but the majority won’t understand the fuss over ecology and the effects pollution have on ecology because modernization blinds us from the species in our ecosystem and what they’re going through as we progress with modernization. Like the ripples that appears when rock hits the water, our ecosystem too have ripple effects when an area is polluted. Take for example when the toxic emissions that comes out of cars, the birds in the sky aren’t used to the toxins in the emissions and when some of them breathe it in they die limiting the population of the birds in the ecosystem. Since there are less birds in the ecosystem, snakes and other predators that depend on the bird for...
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...The Impact of Dr. Seuss on American Culture “Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing (Dr. Seuss).” When Theodor Seuss Geisel was born, life was not as easy as it is today. From war to civil rights movements, Seuss endured many influential american “battles”. Theodor Seuss Geisel grew up in a large German community where his family lived and worked. When Dr. Seuss was thirteen years old, The United States went to war with Germany which brought fear and anxiety to the Geisel’s hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts. During the war, art became a popular method used to depict war and more often to escape the hardships that americans both on and off the battlefield faced. Theodor Seuss Geisel gained inspiration...
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...Readings for American History Since 1877 Historiography in America...................................................................................................................................................... 2 How to teach history (and how not to) ................................................................................................................................ 6 How Ignorant Are Americans? ........................................................................................................................................... 9 The West ............................................................................................................................................................................... 11 The Education of Native Americans ................................................................................................................................. 11 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee .................................................................................................................................... 15 Prostitution in the West: .................................................................................................................................................... 17 The Gilded Age ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 The Duties of American Citizenship ...........................
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