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Themes in the film include [[gluttony]] and [[greed]], which are manifested by both the protagonists and antagonists, in addition to hardship, [[economic determinism]],<ref name=box>{{cite web|title=Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox|url =http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=12267|publisher=Box Office Prophets|author = Matthew Huntley|date = November 26, 2009|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref> [[justice]] and freedom,<ref>{{cite web|title=Wit and Cunning: A Philosophical Exploration of Roald Dahl's 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'|url =https://www.typeba.rs/philosophical-exploration-roald-dahl-fantastic-mr-fox/|publisher=J. Larsen|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref> [[individuality]], [[classism]], [[Emotional security|insecurity]] and [[conformity]] (such as the case with Mr. Fox's son Ash),<ref name=box/> [[self-acceptance]], [[Struggle for existence|personal struggle]] and accepting [[social change]].<ref name=loud/><ref name=noah/><ref>{{cite web|title= Fantastic Mr. Fox|url =https://larsenonfilm.com/fantastic-mr-fox#:~:text=Dahl's%20story%2C%20which%20centered%20on,dynamics%20and%20existential%20identity%20crises.|publisher=J. Larsen|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref>
===Characters symbolization and traits===
The three farmers, Boggis, Bunce, and Bean, represent the wealthy in society.<ref name=moraes>{{cite web|title=Thematic Analysis of Fantastic Mr Fox|author = Frank Moraes| url=https://franklycurious.com/wp/2015/04/28/thematic-analysis-of-fantastic-mr-fox/|publisher=Frankly Curious|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref> Mr. Fox symbolizes the tenacious quest of grandness and success, as he battles his own internal insecurities and desperate desire for [[Emotional validation|validation]] from others.<ref name=medium>{{cite web|title=Overcoming Self Doubt like Fantastic Mr. Fox|author =Nandini Sharma| url=https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/overcoming-self-doubt-like-fantastic-mr-fox-c4c7b419ef15|publisher= Medium|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref>
Unlike in the book, Mr. Fox possesses [[self-consciousness]] and has an [[existential crisis]] in the film.<ref>{{cite web|title='Different Yet Fantastic' – Fantastic Mr. Fox and the Theme of Identity|author = Faisal Hay| url=https://issuu.com/vicscreenwriting/docs/issue_3/s/15908864|publisher=Issuu Inc.|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref> Mr Fox's existential crisis is what drives him to purchase a newer house and regress back to his criminal habits in order to obtain better food for his family. However, only by the end of the film he realizes that his [[pride]] had gotten in the way, where he put his loved ones in danger, and this therefore becomes the [[moral]] of the story; to prohibit self-pride getting in the way of loved ones.<ref name=open>{{cite web|title=Difference, Power, and Discrimination in Fantastic Mr. Fox| author= Nadia Bodner|date= 2021 |url=https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/dpdfilm/chapter/378/#:~:text=Though%20it%20is%20not%20until,of%20those%20you%20love%20most.|publisher= Pressbooks|access-date=May 21, 2024}}</ref>
===Class struggle===
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