Friday 30 October 2020

Fantastic Mr Fox. Right or Wrong Questions

 Mr Fox - Right or Wrong?


When Mr. Fox needs to feed his family, he usually just raids the storehouses of one

of his terribly mean neighbors. Was this wrong?

Here are the facts:

  • Boggis, Bunce, and Bean each earn their living by farming. 

  • The farmers are all vile and nasty

  • Mr. Fox must eat and must also feed his family.

  • Mr Fox’s source of food comes from what he steals from Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. 

  • The three farmers are enraged by Mr. Fox’s theft and decide to kill him at all costs. 

  • Mr. Fox manages to continue stealing from them, and even comes up with new and better ways to rob them while they are distracted by their obsession with destroying him.


Mr Fox’s arguments to support his stealing

  • Anyone would steal food if their kids were starving to death, 

  • The three farmers want to destroy both Fox’s and Badger’s homes 

  • The farmers threaten the lives of the animals' children, as well as many other families’ lives. 

  • “I am only stealing from murderous creeps, and it is for a good cause.”


                                 Big Question

Is it morally right or wrong for Mr Fox to steal food from Boggis, Bunce, and Bean to feed himself and his family?  It is morally wrong to steal from them because in the first place they didnt do anything until he stole from them and he could have got food for his family if they still lived in the hole.

Answer the following questions:


1. Were you taught that it is always wrong to steal? What are the reasons for

thinking that it is always wrong to steal?

I was taught that it was always  wrong to steal because my parents said that it was wrong to steal because stealing is wrong like stealing toys or something.

2. Is it wrong for Mr. Fox to steal? Why or why not?

Yes and no Mr Fox and no right at first to steal from those farmers because they did nothing to the animals or Mr Fox, But after he stole from them and a

3. Does the fact that he steals food so that his children will not starve somehow

make it better or “less wrong?” Why or why not?

It makes it less wrong because you wouldn't want your kids to starve and if you were an animal you would probably steal for them so they dont starve and the fact that they are poor.

4. Do you think that there was a better way for Mr. Fox to feed his family, one

that didn’t involve stealing? If so, should Mr. Fox have done that instead?

Yes first of all he should have stayed living underground so he didn't spend all that money on the new house making him feel not so poor then he would have been able to afford food for himself, his kids and his wife and he wouldn't have lost his tail or gotten into any bad situations.


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