The novel The Lorax, by Dr Seuss, is about a boy Ted, who lives in a place where everything is artificial. To get in why, Ted delves into the story of the Lorax one the gruff guardian of the forest, and the Once-ler, who let greed overtake his respect for nature. He starts to cut down more and more trees, while the Lorax who stands for all the trees and creatures in the forest wants to stop him, which led to the disappearance of all the living creatures and death of all the plants.
One of the central ideas in the novel is actions have consequences. His heavy metal industry pollute tons of waste. He just ignore Lorax’s warning which led to a serious result--”They loved living here, but I can’t let them stay. They’ll have to find food and I hope that they may. The poor Swomee-swans can’t sing a note because such smogulous smoke. You’re glumping the pond where the Humming Fish hummed.
No more can they hum, for their gills are all gummed. Their future is geary which have to walk on fins and get woefully weary in search of some water that isn’t so smeary.” The Once-ler just think about the unlimited growing business, but not what will happen next. No one will pay for your action, but yourself.
Metaphor is one writing strategy that the author used to develop the theme of action have consequences. Metaphor is a figure of speech that compares or equates to seemingly unlike things. In the novel, the author uses an open ending to imply there are way more consequence Once-ler owned. “The Lorax said nothing, just gave me a glance, just gave me a very sad, sad backward glance… as he lifted himself by the seat of his pants. And I’ll never forget the grim look on his face when he heisted himself and took leave of this place, through a hole in the smog, without leaving a trace.”
The sad glance give Once-ler a fear of what he had done, but he can’t change at all. No one can predict the future, but you have to think about what will your action lead.
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