Compare And Contrast Chicken Run And Toy Story

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Behind nearly every movie, there is subliminal context that is far more complex. There are no exceptions for children’s movies, either. In Chicken Run, produced in 2000, a brood of hens attempt to evade their fate of becoming “chicken pies” due to a decrease in the production of eggs (Lord & Park). In Toy Story 3, produced in 2010, a group of toys are mistakenly donated to a daycare that is dominated by an evil bear. Subsequently, they devise an escape plan in effort of returning home (Unkrich). Similarly, in both of these films, the characters find themselves in an undesirable setting in an endeavor to escape impending doom. This is a reflection of the Jewish pursuit of liberty from the Nazis. Chicken Run and Toy Story 3 give a transparent reference to the Holocaust on account of the toys and chickens alike, being decidedly useless, are condemned and ultimately led to their presumed demise- not so coincidentally being an oven (Chicken Run) and a furnace (Toy Story 3). Ginger, the protagonist in Chicken Run, is on a desperate mission to escape from Tweedy’s Farm. Every attempt leads to failure until Rocky the Rooster fortuitously …show more content…

Additionally, the plot in both of these films is comparable to the events that led to the murder of the captives in the concentration camps. Once the prisoners were no longer beneficial to the Nazis, they were executed. Chicken Run is a representation for Auschwitz, whereas Toy Story 3 represents Dachau. When the chickens are no longer producing eggs, Mrs. Tweedy’s final solution is to make chicken pies. This represents Auschwitz, the largest extermination camp, and the Nazis Final Solution. The toys in Toy Story 3 being carried to Sunnyside Daycare in the box represents the Jews being carried to Dachau Concentration Camp in the railroad box

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