Lorax Vs Easter Island Essay

The Lorax and Easter Island share a similar economical declension resulting in vacancy, deforestation, and lack of important resources, despite the different matters that accelerated to the overall issue. The fictional story about the Lorax and the real life event that occurred in Easter Island are similar in many aspects. The major issue in both situations was that all of the natural resources were depleted for personal benefit. In the Lorax, the Once-ler character decided to cut down the precious trees in town to create “thneeds” and sell them for a profit. Contrastingly, on Easter Island, the humans inhabiting the land used trees for making tools, hunting, and building broad statues. The current problem being faced is overpopulation, both of these events portray potential dilemmas that the modern world may face.

The town in the Lorax and Easter Island ran completely out of natural resources. In the Lorax, only one individual was responsible for the downfall of the environment. On Easter Island, both animals and humans contributed to the destruction. The humans cut down all of the trees without planting more, resulting in deforestation. The rats on the Island ate all of the leftover seeds, preventing the trees from germinating on their own.

Easter Island’s destruction took place because of the humans cutting down trees and the animals becoming extinct. There were not many animal species on the land, just insects, a few sea creatures, and chickens. The inhabitants on Easter hunted and ate the scarce animal supply and the substantial lack of resources and food resulted in cannibalism, decreasing the population on the Island. In the Lorax, the animal species migrated because of the harmful living conditions made by the Once-ler. The smog in the air, the lack of food, habitation, and the contaminated water caused the animals to leave