Seuss called The Lorax. The Lorax contained many hidden messages. It showed us how big businesses destroy the environment piece by piece. Deforestation was the main point that Dr. Seuss touched on. Instead of real things, Dr. Suess used examples in this story. One example are the truffula trees. These trees represented the natural resources that were abused. The Once-ler was not using eco-friendly technology. He polluted the air with nasty gasses that caused the birds to go away. He polluted the water which caused the fish to go away as well. Reading this story as an adult, and understanding what it truly meant, really showed me the parallels between fictional children’s stories and the real