"My child. We may be evolved, but deep down, we are still animals." Zootopia is animated film centered in a city of humanlike animals in which predators and prey can peacefully coexist in a society. This movie expresses a bigger message that that when people are prejudice upon others based on their culture or even their own bias and fear, can lead to others being treated unfairly and hurt. In this essay I will argue that one can change their prejudices and the way they think of how they interact and accept the different types of people around them. What are Social Structures? Social structures are enduring and regular social arrangements, such as family and state. A theme that inspires the movie from the very start when Judy Hopps decides to be the first …show more content…
Norms are the informal rules that guide what a member of a culture does in a given Situations and how that person lives. However how are norms presented in Zootopia you may ask? Norms is presented throughout all of the Zootopia film. There is a norm of what certain animals should and shouldn’t be able to do. Rabbits are supposed dumb and not amount to anything above the standards that they and society has created for themselves. Predators are courageous and at a hierarchy making them the leaders and protectors of the city. Foxes are known to be manipulative, devious, bullies, untrustworthy, and con artists. Zootopia is supposed to be a society where all animals live in harmony, however animals are labeled by their stereotypes. For example, Nick Wilde is a fox so all animals expect him to be bad. When he was a child wanted to join the local Junior Ranger Scouts, but because of his label and simply being the fact that he is a fox the other animals trick him and mussel him. Nick tired to go down a path where he did well, but because of the norms of a fox is to be bad. He decides that “ If the whole world is just going to see is a fox as untrustworthy, then there is no point in being anything