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Seuss addresses a growing crisis by employing nonsensical words and images, such as a Thneed, "a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need." The greedy Once-ler and his factories that sully the sky artfully inform the reader about the dangers of pollution, extinction, a ....

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.... from the stump of the first Truffula tree that is axed as a sort of nature spirit, and he then uses the stump as a type of pulpit to deliver his desperate message: “I am . I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.” Like an activist trying to stop this madness, he establishes the responsibility of all creatures for the welfare of others, especially those unable to defend themselves. Throughout the book, continues to assume the position of the guardian of living things, directing his complaints of destruction at the Once-ler. His age and his beard contribute to the wizened, old aspect of his character conv ....