We don't know how long it takes the Once-ler to destroy the forest or how long he's been holed up in his "Lerkim on top of his store" (19). The primary colors so perfect for The Cat in the Hat wouldn't cut it to contrast the town as it is today (when the boy is listening to the Once-ler's story) with how it was in the pre-Thneed factory days-and everything in between.
Seuss needed to broaden his color palate to make this all happen. As we discuss in our section on " Illustrations," Dr. As the pages turn, we can see the sky turn from clean-blue to pollution-black. Seuss leads us through the process that destroyed the natural beauty. What is now a barren town was once a magnificent forest studded with brightly colored, butterfly milk-scented Truffula Trees a clear lake and a host of forest creatures.ĭr. The Lorax offers a brief glimpse of the present-gloomy, ominous, and treeless-and then plunges into the Once-ler's flashback.
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