The film Zootopia follows a female bunny named Judy Hopps whose lifelong dream was to beat the odds and become the first ever bunny cop. She graduates top of her class from the academy and is assigned to the very heart of Zootopia. The new area is the complete opposite of her hometown Bunnyburrow where her parents own a carrot farm. On her first day the police Chief, Bogo, assigns officers to their duties, creating several teams to start the search for 14 missing predators in the city. Judy is assigned parking duty because the chief is doubtful of her capabilities as a bunny. Her first day on the job she's hustled by Nick Wilde and his partner. She later befriends Nick who helps her crack the case of the missing predators and restore peace
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We see social groups of each animal and then the groups that have intersecting species, we also see groups of not just by species but prey vs. predator. We can also see small social groups created by gender and size even as seen in the scene with the small town for rodents. We also see a lot of conformity take place among characters in the film. For example Nick feels the need to conform to the percepted stereotypes or predators in society. He believes he has to live up to the expectations of being ruthless and dangerous as a predator. He also believes he has to live up to specific expectations of being a fox whose attributions are believed to be sly and untrustworthy. He could be considered a case for labeling theory as he believes he has to conform to societal expectations of predators. This conformity idea stems back from his childhood when he wanted to join the Jr. Ranger Scouts and was jumped and had a muzzle forced upon him as they other scouts thought he was dangerous and could never be a ranger scout because he was a fox. Nick recalls that after that incident he simply believe it was easier or made sense to give into social …show more content…
Race is represented through prey and predators. Predators are the minority of the population and stigmatized as dangerous to other and society especially when outbreaks of savage turned predators are revealed and Judy attributes it to their genetics. We see the races turn against each other and the avoidance of one another as prejudicial thoughts build inside the minds of animals who never had a problem with one another before. We even see Judy get called “cute” and she expresses to Clawhauser that only bunnies can call other bunnies cute if anyone else says it's considered bad which coincides with derogatory racial slurs, statements, or jokes used in our society. Once genetics is attributed to animals turning savage the idea of it being learnt slips the minds of this society. They believe it's natural and instinctive for predators to act primitive and less domestic. When this infuriates Nick and others close to her Judy realizes her mistakes and her prejudices made against predators and specifically foxes. Clawhauser (a predator) is even removed from the front desk at the Zootopia Police Department (ZPD) after it was decided that a predator shouldn't be the welcoming animal seen as soon as you enter. Judy sees what affect her words had on the treatment of predators in society and soon cracks the case that it was not genetics but a drug called “night howler” causing the animals to turn savage. She makes another speech which
We see social groups of each animal and then the groups that have intersecting species, we also see groups of not just by species but prey vs. predator. We can also see small social groups created by gender and size even as seen in the scene with the small town for rodents. We also see a lot of conformity take place among characters in the film. For example Nick feels the need to conform to the percepted stereotypes or predators in society. He believes he has to live up to the expectations of being ruthless and dangerous as a predator. He also believes he has to live up to specific expectations of being a fox whose attributions are believed to be sly and untrustworthy. He could be considered a case for labeling theory as he believes he has to conform to societal expectations of predators. This conformity idea stems back from his childhood when he wanted to join the Jr. Ranger Scouts and was jumped and had a muzzle forced upon him as they other scouts thought he was dangerous and could never be a ranger scout because he was a fox. Nick recalls that after that incident he simply believe it was easier or made sense to give into social …show more content…
Race is represented through prey and predators. Predators are the minority of the population and stigmatized as dangerous to other and society especially when outbreaks of savage turned predators are revealed and Judy attributes it to their genetics. We see the races turn against each other and the avoidance of one another as prejudicial thoughts build inside the minds of animals who never had a problem with one another before. We even see Judy get called “cute” and she expresses to Clawhauser that only bunnies can call other bunnies cute if anyone else says it's considered bad which coincides with derogatory racial slurs, statements, or jokes used in our society. Once genetics is attributed to animals turning savage the idea of it being learnt slips the minds of this society. They believe it's natural and instinctive for predators to act primitive and less domestic. When this infuriates Nick and others close to her Judy realizes her mistakes and her prejudices made against predators and specifically foxes. Clawhauser (a predator) is even removed from the front desk at the Zootopia Police Department (ZPD) after it was decided that a predator shouldn't be the welcoming animal seen as soon as you enter. Judy sees what affect her words had on the treatment of predators in society and soon cracks the case that it was not genetics but a drug called “night howler” causing the animals to turn savage. She makes another speech which