The Environment: UNLESS

In Dr Seuss’ book, “The Lorax”, we are reminded of the beauty of nature and how important it is to us. We should fight for the environment.

The environment is important to us in many ways. We live in it, we eat from it and make livings from it. In The Lorax, the Once-ler is a business man that grows fond of the Truffula Tree and uses them to make "Theends". A voice of the Trees, the Lorax, stops the Once-ler and warns him to stop. However, the Once-ler pays no heed to the Lorax's words, which shows human ignorance, and continues his work calling his family to the forest to make "Theends". 

When we harm and hurt nature, we not only affect the plants, but the wildlife as well. In the book, over the course of time, the Once-lers pollute the air and the waters, harming the "Swoemee-Swans" and "Humming-Fish" and taking food away from the "Bar-ba-loots". Soon, all of the animals leave and there is no more wildlife left. The environment is ruined and soon the area becomes abandoned.

This might happen to our forests and jungles, UNLESS we do something quickly. UNLESS we try to make up for our ignorance and greed, the natural world will be gone. Nature helps us in many ways but sometimes we use it to the maximum, only taking and not giving.