Alex, And Gloria Are Animals Living In A Zoo

Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are animals living in a zoo in New York. Alex, a lion, is a main showpiece at the zoo and is very satisfied with his life in the zoo. However, Marty imagines what it would be like to escape to nature. While celebrating Marty’s birthday, Marty tells them that he wants to go to nature. The next day, Marty was missing from his zoo pen. Alex, Melman, and Gloria break out of the zoo to find Marty, but all four are eventually caught by animal control. They soon wake up in crates aboard a ship. Some penguins aboard the ship try to navigate to Antarctica, but while doing so they take a very hard turn, causing the crates of Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria to fall out into the sea. After landing on the coast of some unknown island, the four eventually find each other and reunite. …show more content…
While the lemurs were being attacked by their enemies, the fossas, Alex accidentally scares them away. In the morning, King Julien makes the four feel like they are in paradise. However, Alex, who is deprived of food, starts imagining that all the lemur’s and Marty are juicy steaks. Realizing he can not control himself, Alex exiles himself into Fossa territory. A boat driven by the penguins soon come to the island, and Marty goes back to find Alex. Marty, Melman, and Gloria get attacked by fossas, but Alex comes out and rescues them all. The four decide to take the ship back to their home. An important theme in Madagascar is man vs. nature, since the four animals are stranded in an island and have to survive. Another theme is man vs. himself, since Alex had to accept the fact that he had been stranded on an island, and he couldn’t blame it all on