The Flaw in Human’s Nature Anyone who has ever watched or read the story, “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss, would know the importance of nature mentally, physically, and spiritually. In the story, the Once-ler cut down all the trees in Thneedville so he could make a profit with his thneeds, leaving Thneedville a polluted wasteland. This fable happens to be more realistic than we think; over the years, humans have drastically altered their environment to meet their never-satisfied, acquisitiveness needs. As a result of these changes, the environment becomes no longer decipherable in regards to the role of nature. What Ralph Waldo Emerson once said about nature being influential (Oxforddictionaries.com) no longer holds true because nature is not…show more content… She uses an allegory to tell a simple story with symbolism (the "blight" is later known as the pesticide), to orchestrate the epidemic happening on a greater scale. Carson’s narration not only entertained the reader, but it snuck in an underlying message regarding the harmful effects of pesticides. In this source, we see how technology (pesticides) negatively destroys nature and once destroyed, as Carson said, is then "irrecoverable" (800). When there are no birds in the sky or bugs on the ground, or even when the crops we worked so hard to maintain die, we will realize the power of our innovations. It is difficult to define the relationship between man and nature when there is no nature to analyze anymore. And Carson realized this, claiming that not until now "life has actually modified its surroundings" (Carson 799). Ultimately, financial gain is to blame for the destruction of nature, since, as Carson stated, "...the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged," (804) the big businesses only see nature as a cash-field. The development of pesticides has destroyed not only nature, but also gradually, ourselves, and prohibits a full interpretation of nature. Most of us are now mindless sheep who follow the money train and ignore our environment because society has put money
