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==Themes==
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| date=January 11, 2013 |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===
[[File:088 Festa Major de Gràcia 2022 (Barcelona), carrer de Mozart.jpg|thumb|Mr. Fox symbolizes the tenacious quest of [[Egotism|grandness]] and success to meet his own needs (i.e. stealing [[cider]]).<ref name=medium/>]]
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| date=April 29, 2015 | 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 has a desperate desire for [[Emotional validation|validation]] from others, as he battles his own internal insecurities.<ref name=medium>{{cite web|title=Overcoming Self Doubt like Fantastic Mr. Fox|author =Nandini Sharma|date =May 22, 2023| url=https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/overcoming-self-doubt-like-fantastic-mr-fox-c4c7b419ef15|publisher= Medium|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref> Mr. Fox exhibits [[narcissism]] and a fear of accepting [[Defeatism|defeat]], although the film demonstrates that [[failure]] is not a bad thing, despite the destruction of his home.<ref name=noah>{{cite web|title=Fantastic Mr Fox|author = Noah Douglas| url=https://www.noahdouglas.net/blog/fantastic-mr-fox|publisher= Noah Douglas|access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref> The farmers' attacks on the animals is due to Mr. Fox's narcissism and his resilience on [[burglary]].<ref name=moraes/>
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>
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===Gender roles===
The film focuses on what it means to be a father and husband; Mr. Fox breaks his promise made to his wife, and therefore turns everyone's lives upside down (after still continuing to steal), whereby the situation compels him to look at himself and to acknowledge who he is.<ref name=indiana>{{cite web|title=Fantastic Mr. Fox: A
A lot of the qualities that Mr. Fox feels that makes him great are linked with his [[masculinity]], since this film is set in the 1970s, a period when [[gender roles|men were taught]] they should be strong and confident earners of the family. The reason Mr. Fox's fails halfway through film is due to him feeling that he has [[Underachiever|not achieved]] sufficiently as a man. As a [[housewife]], Ms. Fox's main contribution to the film's plot is pressing Mr. Fox to evaluate the impact of his [[Recklessness (psychology)|recklessness]], as she was stereotyped as a "proper woman", a notion commonly held in the 1970s.<ref name=open/>
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