Babe the Movie
Media Studies 342W – Professor Cornell
Short Essay #2 – Babe
Babe which came to the theatres in August of 1995 was a huge success. The film showed an orphaned pig who was all alone in the world until Farmer Hoggett brought the animal home after he had won the hog after guessing his weight correctly in a raffle. The pig was soon brought home to join the rest of the animal family and was quickly given the name Babe by his new and unlikely adoptive family, sheep dogs. This interesting family dynamic did not distract life on the farm. Instead daily routines proceeded as usual until the man of the house, Farmer Hoggett, somehow managed to get an idea in his head. The idea was one which he could not remove from his brain, to give Babe a chance at shepherding sheep.
Babe much like the previous two films that we have watched in class is about a youngling finding their way. Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz discovered that there is no place like home, Mary in The Secret Garden determines that having a family can in fact be a happy thing and following the same path, Babe comes to the realization that he was destined for greatness. Additionally, in all three movies none of the characters were able to comprehend their correct course without the assistance of others.
However the prior movies are still different in that they follow that path of women while Babe about a young male pig. Moreover the first two theatrical presentations use human beings as the protagonists and thus the lesson of the movie is more readily comprehendible by somebody who may be in a similar situation while Babe uses animals to convey its message which has the possibility of losing its audience in its delivery. Another difference is that this Babe is the first movie of the three to really explore the notion of breaking boundaries. Sheep Dogs are playing with pigs and pigs are beginning to take on roles meant for a dog. This is especially apparent when Babe starts shepherding sheep around as though he is
Short Essay #2 – Babe
Babe which came to the theatres in August of 1995 was a huge success. The film showed an orphaned pig who was all alone in the world until Farmer Hoggett brought the animal home after he had won the hog after guessing his weight correctly in a raffle. The pig was soon brought home to join the rest of the animal family and was quickly given the name Babe by his new and unlikely adoptive family, sheep dogs. This interesting family dynamic did not distract life on the farm. Instead daily routines proceeded as usual until the man of the house, Farmer Hoggett, somehow managed to get an idea in his head. The idea was one which he could not remove from his brain, to give Babe a chance at shepherding sheep.
Babe much like the previous two films that we have watched in class is about a youngling finding their way. Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz discovered that there is no place like home, Mary in The Secret Garden determines that having a family can in fact be a happy thing and following the same path, Babe comes to the realization that he was destined for greatness. Additionally, in all three movies none of the characters were able to comprehend their correct course without the assistance of others.
However the prior movies are still different in that they follow that path of women while Babe about a young male pig. Moreover the first two theatrical presentations use human beings as the protagonists and thus the lesson of the movie is more readily comprehendible by somebody who may be in a similar situation while Babe uses animals to convey its message which has the possibility of losing its audience in its delivery. Another difference is that this Babe is the first movie of the three to really explore the notion of breaking boundaries. Sheep Dogs are playing with pigs and pigs are beginning to take on roles meant for a dog. This is especially apparent when Babe starts shepherding sheep around as though he is
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