Babe: Pig in the City

The movie Babe: A pig in the city was a movie that I actually enjoyed watching partly because no animals were harmed or killed during the movie, unlike the other movies that we have watched. This movie presented the idea of anthropomorphism very well because of the way the film maker gave the animals human qualities. The animals were given the ability to speak, make choices, and express their feelings. Since the animals were capable of carrying out human traits it made the movie a little more appealing to me and made it easier for me to relate to the animals. By giving the animals human abilities, I was able to feel for the animals and after watching the movie it was easier for me to realize that animals do understand and can express their feelings and emotions, without being anthropomorphized. In this movie, the situations that Babe and the other animals are faced with are many situations that require the ability to think. The animals are given the opportunity to think from right and wrong and are capable of making the right decision. I would agree that by giving the animals the abilities to make right and wrong decisions goes a little too far but I think that was not the general of the purpose since the movie is aimed at children. If a child were to watch this movie, they would relate to animals and see the importance of animals and how they too are just like humans and don't want to be hurt. The purpose if the film was to show the relationship between humans and animals and how we are obviously superior to animals but animals still deserve our respect. This movie allows for the audience to see animals as animals even though they are given human qualities. It gives the animals the right to be respected instead of being treated as machines. After watching the movie, I think the audience will have a different view on animals and hopefully will give them the respect they deserve and not participate in animal experimentation. This movie was a great choice in showing the anthropomorphizing of animals and how they too deserve human respect no matter what the case, and the situations they are placed in during the movie