The Lorax
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Why does the kid have to pay the Once-Ler?
Robert
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Dec 13, 2020 05:32AM
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Dec 13, 2020 05:21AM
Dr. Seuss had a reason for everything that he did in The Lorax.
For example, you never see the Once-Ler’s face because Dr. Seuss is saying that the Once-Ler could be anyone, even you.
I can never figure out why the kid has to pay the Once-Ler at the beginning of the book to hear what he has to say.
“On the end of a rope, he let’s down a tin pail, and you have to toss in fifteen cents and a nail, and the shell of a great-great-great-grandfather snail.”
I do not doubt that the second half is mostly there because it rhymes, but fifteen cents is pretty arbitrary. But why does the kid have to pay the Once-Ler at all?
For example, you never see the Once-Ler’s face because Dr. Seuss is saying that the Once-Ler could be anyone, even you.
I can never figure out why the kid has to pay the Once-Ler at the beginning of the book to hear what he has to say.
“On the end of a rope, he let’s down a tin pail, and you have to toss in fifteen cents and a nail, and the shell of a great-great-great-grandfather snail.”
I do not doubt that the second half is mostly there because it rhymes, but fifteen cents is pretty arbitrary. But why does the kid have to pay the Once-Ler at all?
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