Anthropomorphism In Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse, a character famously known for his theatrics in animations created by Disney, is a work of anthropomorphism. What is anthropomorphism you ask? Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human qualities onto non-human objects and/or beings. Mickey Mouse was given the ability to speak human languages, operate machinery (i.e trains), and wears human-like clothing. Not many people know what anthropomorphism is exactly, however we use it almost on a daily basis for pets and/or other animals. We commonly use anthropomorphism to form an emotional bond between a human and such animal. Whilst this is pleasant for the general population, this emotional bond is what scientists tend to avoid when they conduct research on animals. It is believed that emotional bonds between such scientist and animal will affect the results …show more content…
Anyways, anthropomorphism is a big part of our daily lives and many of us don't realize it.
Many people would ask, “What is anthropomorphism?”. Well, anthropomorphism “is the assigning of human characteristics to an object, god, living being, and/or inanimate object,” (Google Dictionary). Xenophanes, an Ancient Greek philosopher, discovered the “earliest critique of anthropomorphism” (Mb-Soft, 1997), which depicted of gods having human-like features. However, the use of anthropomorphism today is usually found is in animals, and “sometimes the term is used to refer only to psychological traits, and sometimes it is used to refer to traits that are claimed to be uniquely human,” (Andrews, 2008-2016). For example, Disney’s star character, Mickey Mouse, is a work of anthropomorphism. Whilst anthropomorphism might sound like there’s no downsides, there are actually some inconveniences that come with anthropomorphism. One inconvenience is that