Zootopia Analysis

Zootopia is an interesting movie. It is a utopia for animals where everyone appears to live in harmony. Throughout the movie you see subtle hints about the deeper meaning of the story. Racism, discrimination, and prejudice is demonstrated all through the movie. From the beginning discrimination is shown in the movie. There is a scene where the main character bunny Judy gets bullied by a fox called Gideon. He tells her that her dream of becoming a cop is stupid and she should stick to carrot-farming. This is a perfect example of a discriminatory mindset and can correlate to reflect humans’ reactions with other humans. When you have certain characteristics, people assume ideas about you even though they may not be true. It is a common occurrence in society and it is also displayed in Zootopia. This stems from events that happened in the past. That is true in both American history and in the history of Zootopia. The past dictates how we view other people and the prejudices that we may form against them. For example, in the movie Zootopia the predators were looked down upon because of the past. It was natural for them at that time to kill the majority for their survival. Years later that all changed and there was still an unwavering doubt that the predators haven't changed. There is evidence of this when the animals start to fight after Judy says that their biology might have triggered the response. It made the prey animals defensive against predators and drove a line between their kinds. There was no more unity and the animals were scared of the unknown. Fear is what drives people apart is it a reoccurring theme that is shown throughout the movie. When the animals didn’t know what happening, it caused them to shift their behavior for the worse. The same happens in American society between people of different races. It has a lengthy past originating from slavery.  Overall the movie Zootopia teaches us an extremely important message, we should not judge what we do not know.