Rational and irrational behavior in economics

Winnifred 2022-03-21 09:01:31

The music, the colors, the style of the film are all special. It's just that the author doesn't quite understand what the author wants to express. The fox father made a promise to stop stealing when his wife was pregnant and fell into a trap, but after he settled down, he couldn't bear to change the tree house and steal three rural masters. Nearly killed the whole family and all the animals that lived underground nearby.

There are many assumptions and premises in economics. For example, people are rational people, and people seek benefits and avoid disadvantages, but these assumptions cannot explain the behavior of father fox. In my opinion, the quality of life of Father Fox has improved significantly after he changed his career as a journalist. He doesn't have to worry about it, he is quiet and leisurely, and according to the assumption that everyone seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, Father Fox must no longer be in his old job. However, there was something in his blood and his natural bones that made dad fox buy a black professional mask, developed a "master plan", and overcame a series of obstacles such as the power grid to steal things. I think, in this process, he must have obtained a great sense of psychological satisfaction and satisfied some of his nature, but this behavior will probably pay a great price, the lives of himself and his family.

I can't judge whether Father Fox's behavior is good or bad, but I know that my habitual thinking makes me think from the perspective of economics and law, so it is difficult to understand Father Fox at first. However, the starting point of a behavior has an economic perspective and From a social perspective, what is incomprehensible from an economics perspective may be understandable from a social behavioral perspective.

Another point, is the wolf that appears at the end of the film. He doesn't wear clothes like other animals in the film. He walks like a man on his hind legs. The wolf walks on all fours. He can't speak English and Latin. And there was power, like a savage breeze, and I remember papa fox shedding tears when he saw it, and muttered: What a beautiful creature. Yes, the fox father has a family, has children, and has all the norms of rational behavior. He can no longer take great risks to steal things. This is the price of his warm family life and rational people.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox quotes

  • Petey: [singing around a campfire with his banjo] 'Bout a handsome little fox let me sing you folks a yarn. / Hey, diddle-dee daddle-da doddle-do doodle-dum! / 'Twas a splendid little feller full of wit 'n' grace 'n' charm. / Say, zippy-zee zappa-za yappy-yo doodle-dum! / Well, like any little critter needin' vittels for his littl'uns, / Well, he stole, and he cheated, and he lied just to survive. / With a doodle-dum diddle-die doddle-diddle doodle-dum!

    Other singers: Doodle-dum diddle-die doddle-diddle doodle-dum!

    Petey: Zippy-zo zippy-zay zippy-zappy zoopy-zee!

    Other singers: Zippy-zo zippy-zay zippy-zappy zoopy-zee!

    Petey: Doo-dah doo-day day...

    Petey: Let me take a little tick now to color in the scene: / 'Cross the valley lived three yokels name of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. / Now these three crazy jackies had our hero on the run. / Shot the tail off the cuss with a fox-shootin' gun. / But that stylish little fox was as clever as a whip / Dug as quick as a gopher that was hyper-ack-a-tive.

    Other singers: Yeah!

    Petey: Now those three farmers sit 'twhere there's a hole 'twas once a hill. / Singin' diddle-dee daddle-da doddle-do doodle-dum! / And as far as I can reckon they're a-settin' up there still. Singin' zippy-zee zappa-za yappy-yo...

    Franklin Bean: [standing behind him] What are you singing, Petey?

    Petey: Just... just making it up as I went- as I went along, really.

    Franklin Bean: That's just weak songwriting. You wrote a bad song, Petey!

  • Kristofferson: Uh, do you mind if I slide my bed roll slightly out from under the train set? It's hard to sleep in that corkscrew position.

    Ash: [in the top bunk] There's a lot of attitudes going on around here. Don't let me get one.

    Kristofferson: No, it's only just my spinal cord getting...

    Ash: Sleep wherever you want, man. Here, take my bed! I'll just uh... I'll crawl under the bookcase! Who cares if I get splinters in my ears?

    Kristofferson: Never mind.

    Ash: Oh, you gonna pout about it? 'Cuz I've had it up to HERE

    [gestures with his hand]

    Ash: with the "sad houseguest" routine.

    [Ash turns off the light and continues to read his White Cape comic in bed]

    Kristofferson: Good night.

    [he lies down under the train set and begins to quietly sob; Ash comes down, turns on the train, Kris gets up and they watch it]