Police Officer Judy Hopps In The Film Zootopia

Then there is Ms. Hopewell. Her name seems to refer to her positivistic outlook on life and her willingness to always, in a sense, hope for the best. She always has little sayings such as "nothing is perfect,? "a smile never hurt anyone,? and "good country people are the salt of the earth,? which suggest even more of a need to always seek out the best in people (172-176). Mrs. Hopewell "can't be rude to anybody? and "could not understand deliberate rudeness, although she lived with it, and she felt she had always to overflow with hospitality to make up for Joy's lack of course? (177). Even when

“No matter what kind of person you are, I implore you: try. Try to make the world a better place. Look inside yourself and recognize that change starts with you” - Judy Hopps. The Disney movie, Zootopia, explains a society of animals where all the prey and predators get along together nicely. Judy Hopps, a rabbit, has always wanted to be a cop her whole life, but her parents want her to stay on the carrot farm to become a carrot farmer just like all of the other bunnies. After a lot of determination, Judy becomes the first prey/rabbit cop and moves to the city of Zootopia. The head officer explains that nine animals, prey and predators, throughout the four Zootopia zones had gone missing. Determined to prove her spot as a cop, Judy jumps at the opportunity to solve the mysterious cases. Judy went out trying to solve the cases with a mischievous fox to figure out what happened to the missing animals. Zootopia is a great modern day example of transcendentalism as it displays examples of nonconformity and confidence.

Encouragement plays a significant role in my success. Without encouragement, the achievement won't come true. Juliet Ferking, the author of "A Drive to Achieve the Extraordinary" from This I Believe: Life Lessons, tells her story about

I had no experience as a runner nor did I have the form. This did not phase me however. That year I promised myself to push through all the six mile runs, sore legs, gnarly blisters, and at times, lack of oxygen. At every meet and speed workout practice I pushed myself further and further. I set a goal every time I kicked off from the starting line and never let myself get discouraged when I failed. By my senior year, I was the fourth fastest runner on varsity. That year our varsity team won the district meet, which qualified us to run in the 2016 state meet in Oregon. The transformation over the years were evident. My determination to accomplish my goal of becoming a faster runner was complete. If I had simply just given up that first day of practice, I wouldn't have ran along side of the fastest runners in Oregon or have met the multitude of people that are now my closest friends. Having a goal sets one up for a challenge, whether it being physically or mentally, goals keep us active and thinking in more ways than one. Still, if someone has self-control, confidence, and a goal, they are still not complete.

To be told one cannot do something because they are the wrong gender or race should not be an issue in today’s world. However, this rather unfortunate problem is very prevalent in modern society, so much in fact, that Disney created an animated film based on the subject. In their 2016 film, Zootopia, Disney addressed this issue in the form of an allegory of a rabbit pursuing her dream career: becoming a police officer. The issue with the main character, Judy Hopps’s, dream, is she not considered the right species to be a police officer. Sharing a world with other, way larger mammals, such as bears, wolves, elephants and buffalos, many people repeatedly tell Judy she is too small or cute to become an officer. The film also offers a second character, Nick Wilde, a fox, whose story shows the difficulty of growing up under negative labels based on his species, just as many people grow up under labels based on their race.

She breaks social norms and her disregards parents advice to pursue her dream of becoming the first rabbit police officer. There is a scene in the movie where her father attempts to keep Judy from getting her hopes on becoming a cop, but to settle on being a carrot farmer by saying to a young Judy, “Judy, you ever wonder how your mom and me got to be so darn happy?” to which she replies no, and he continues “Well, we gave up on our dreams, and we settled.” However, Judy is a prime example of demonstrating agency where as individuals we are capable of breaking away from cultural standards and deciding our own pursuits (Manza, 103.) Her parent and the rest of the rabbit population’s mentality on the other hand only affirm the idea of scholars that in reality individuals actually have very little agency, and our behaviors and lives are dominated by social structure

People need self-motivation to succeed because not every problem can be solved by others, some have to be solved by oneself. When conflicts arise, individuals need to seek out the path of best fit to conquer the issue at hand. Throughout my entire childhood, I aspired to be a great swimmer. When I was a young adolescent, my favorite sport to watch during the Olympics was swimming. How could someone move so fast through the water? The extremely close races and extraordinary comebacks always excited me. I wanted experience the thrill for myself.

Judy is optimistic and thinks that everyone can become anything they want implying the Zootopian motto. In Zootopia, animals were divided into two categories, predators and prey. Like racism the prey thought they were better than the predators because they felt superior because they were greater in numbers and thought they were smarter. In a stereotype example, when Judy was in training she was not doing well but once she got the top of the class and it was the first day of the force she was put on parking duty. She should have been given something better but they stereotyped her because she was a bunny.

When you hang around someone, you slowly and subconsciously begin to take on the characteristics they portray. Jamie was a humanitarian and always looked for the good in others. For example, during Christmas time, she visited an orphanage and gave presents out to the orphans. An example of optimism is when she meets Landon's friends and doesn't judge them based on what she's already known about them. Instead she becomes inviting and willing to look over obvious differences that both sides have.

Most people think of small animals, such as sheep, as meek and submissive due to their frequent portrayal as innocent characters in children’s stories and folklore; in these same stories, antagonistic characters tend to be fiercer animals such as lions or wolves. However, the children’s movie Zootopia, in which all characters are mammals, shows that this is not always the case. The characters in this film break the stereotypes against them by being different or the opposite of what the audience expects based on their species or occupation within the film. For instance, Judy Hopps solves the case on the missing mammals and why they went savage despite being a “dumb bunny”, and Nick Wilde turns from a sly con artist to the first fox cop. This

It is no surprise people enjoy stories of overcoming the odds. This is why both children and adults love the movie Zootopia. Walt Disney’s Zootopia is a heartwarming story on its own, but when it is analyzed, the movie has deeper meaning and lessons to learn. Zootopia not only has many post-colonial aspects that explain the mammals’ way of life, but it displays psychoanalytic tendencies about how the main characters childhoods affected them later in life.

Determination is one of my skills that I do believe will help me succeed in my academic journey. During my high school football tryouts, I was scared that I would not make the football team. Not being the biggest or the most athletic kid trying out for the team,I could have just gave up and quit. I didn’t quit, and I started on the varsity team for three years. I can remember growing up in a middle class family with parents who always supported me in everything I wanted to do.

Overemphasizing common traits encapsulates each species within their social and biological constraint, resulting in neither free will nor desire for Zootopia’s characters create a new identity beyond their animal archetypes. In contrast to Judy’s venturesome nature and aspirations of becoming the first rabbit officer within the Zootopia Police Department (ZPD), her parents are contented to their stereotypical label of being simple-minded rabbit farmers. Judy’s father Mr Hopps tellingly remarks to her that Mrs Hopps and him “got so darn happy” because they “gave up on [their] dreams” (00:03:10-00:03:18), limiting their self-identities to farmers, trying to dissuade her from breaking the traditional mould of carrot farming and become a police officer. Species stereotypes further restrict the animals’ agency to shape self-identity, evident when other characters express their doubts over Judy’s ability as a police officer, attempting to relegate her back to the archetype of dumb bunny. These societal pressures reduce self-identity to merely the species stereotype.

This sloth moves very slow unlike his name—Flash, and his slow forms a powerful contrast to Judy’s hot temper. On the other hand, this film is considered to be so true to life. On the visual effects, the production team researched fur at the microscopic level—every animal in Zootopia has completely different fur based on the actual strands of fur for that animal (Christiana Radish, 2015). On scene design Zootopia has features of international metropolises in our real life such as bustling central business district, highly developed system of public transport system and crowded

Traditionally, animated films have been made for and consumed by children, with the plotlines and themes being relatively basic and forthright. However, recent years have seen the release of animated films that explore significantly more adult themes and thought provoking ideas. Perhaps the most confronting example of adult themes in an animated film is in 2016’s ‘Zootopia’. The film forces viewers to think about concepts such as racial segregation, nature vs. nurture and the debilitating effect of stereotyping. Although Zootopia features anthropomorphic animals, it is easy to draw a connection between the film’s prey vs. predator narrative and racial divide in our own society.