![]() ![]() He eventually succeeds, and we see hope for the future of Thneedville with a final view of a field of young truffula trees. ![]() After the Once-ler gives Ted the very last truffula seed, the boy, with the help of his family and Audrey, fights O’Hare to plant the seed in the middle of town. The Once-ler tells Ted the story of how he drove the Lorax, the mythical creature who speaks for the trees, and the creatures of the truffula forest away by chopping down all of the truffula trees to manufacture his Thneed. There, he finds the house of the Once-ler, the supposed man who built Thneedville with his million-dollar idea, the Thneed. Determined to get her a tree so that she’ll fall in love with him, he ventures outside of their beloved city (which is ominously surrounded by a wall?) and is appalled by the barren, pollution-filled landscape he finds. Our main character, Ted, is a twelve-year-old boy infatuated with his neighbor Audrey, who loves trees. ![]() The town is fueled by big business, namely by the company that sells fresh air, O’Hare Air. ![]() “Nature” is a concept unknown to the people of Thneedville. The film begins with the first song of many (it’s a musical!), sung by the inhabitants of Thneedville, a cheery, futuristic city with everything they could possibly imagine–well, except for trees. ![]()
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