Easter’s End and The Lorax

In Easter Island there use to be approximately more than several thousands of people living there but throughout time went extinct. The people that lived there were able to wipe out all their resources such as trees and were able to use them for things they needed. Due to these actions more and more trees were being cut down in order to be used as something else and this led to deforestation just like in the movie The Lorax. In the movie the Once-ler also is shown to be taking advantage of the trees but he was able to make profit out of this. Both the Once-ler and the people living in Easter Islands did not realize all the damage that they were causing to the world around them. In the article “Easter’s End” by Jared Diamond, he is able to go more indepth of how and why it was led to extinction of the people, animals and plants. …show more content…
As the Once-ler kept cutting trees down he did not notice who he was affecting, the animals and where they lived. He also made factories which polluted the air and trashed many places where animals lived. The only one who spoke for the trees and demanded something to be done was the Lorax. He tried to convince the Once-ler to stop but he was very selfish and didn't realize the materials for the thneeds would run out and ruin everything. In the story the Once-ler is represented as the people that take advantage, the rich and corporations and the Lorax as the voice of the people, or the ones who were getting