Essay on the Lora by Dr. Suez Marxist perspective

The Lorax by Dr.Suess is a book that mainly focuses on the imbalance been created in society by exploiting the natural resources around us. The learning of the book is very much similar to the Marxist perspective who mostly talks about the conflicts in society because of the misbalancing and negligence of authorities. The story of Lorax contains a very meaningful lesson for the society, and it also helps the people to understand how business and factories work and how they are ruining the natural resources of the planet (LINDNER, 2016).

The Lorax story teaches us to love the earth and natural resources that people have today; otherwise, the times are near that our planet will be the same as the one from which Lorax lifted away. It is very important for us to spend most of our time among nature because there is nothing like this, processions cannot bring the happiness to your life because they are temporary, and the real happiness comes when people are healthy and lives and clean and natural environment.  In this paper, there is a discussion about the story of Lorax about the Marxist theory and perspective about the lesson learned in the story.       

The story of Lorax urges us to protect the natural resources if want to sustain life on this planet. The time has come when there is a need for the people to think collectively for the welfare of all humanity rather than minding their own business. In the present era, people are consuming more good that they ever  consume in history and the people are also unaware  of the fact about the different processes through which a product undergoes to be actually displayed in the shelves of the supermarkets and the story not finish here, around 99% of the consumer products becomes trash within 6 months, and most of these waste material is  not disposable under natural circumstances (LINDNER, 2016). 

Marxist perspective The Lorax by Dr.Suess

According to the Marxist theory, the most important thing is the way the stuff or products are produced. There should be proper implementation of laws and rule for the production of the product, and it is also the obligation of the governments to ensure that the product life cycle from extraction of raw material from natural resources to the decomposing of the products. The superstructure of society very much depends on how the stuff is produced and distributed among the people. Marx states that who controls the whole production resources is the one who controls the entire society (Benton, 2018).

Lorax by Dr.Suess examples

There are many examples in the story of Lorax that makes us think about our exploitation of natural resources and as a consumer, how all are contributing towards it. There are two major characters in the story, one is Lorax who represents the environment and the natural resources, and the other charters are Once-ler who represent the corporations making consumer product by exploiting the natural resources. In the story, it can be seen that the Lorax keep warning the Once-ler about the environmental damage that his organization is making, but the Once-ler did not bother about it because use things that are making the things that everyone needs and his primary duty are to think about his business growth.

Like the Once-let the corporations in the present era are the same, they are just concern about the money and growth, and the environment is of no importance near the. The environmental breakdown has already started, and now, it is important for us to keep a check on our activities (LINDNER, 2016).

The story of stuff

In the video “The story of stuff”, the whole life cycle of the product from natural resources extraction to the decomposing is explained that helps a lot in understanding different factors involved in the whole process that cannot be found in the textbook. From the consumer point of view, the things are quite normal and seem good but deep inside the system of production can be a bit creepy, and it can be better called the system is a crisis. The production system is directly or indirectly connected with the people in society, and the whole system has a huge impact on society. From the past few decades, the shopping and consuming the goods has become the primary purpose of the people; now the people are working hard just to afford the stuff they are watching in the advertisement.

Conclusion on The Lorax by Dr.Suess Marxist perspective

 Summing up the discussion about the Lorax book, Marxist theory and the story of staff video, it can be said that the It is very important for us to spend most of our time among nature because there is nothing like this. The time has come when there is a need for the people to think collectively for the welfare of all humanity rather than minding their own business. Once-ler did not bother about the environment because use things that are making the things that everyone needs and his primary duty are to think about business growth. Like the Once-let the corporations in the present era are the same, they are just concern about the money and growth, and the environment is of no importance near the. The production system is directly or indirectly connected with the people in society, and the whole system has a huge impact on society.