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The Realism and Fantasy of
Roald Dahl's, Fantastic Mr. Fox

"The delightful tale of a fox who lives by poaching food from his three neighbours, Messrs.
Boggis, Bunce, and Bean, three farmers – each one meaner than the other" (Telgan, Children's
Literature Review, Vol. 41, pg. 27). Mr. Fox and his family endure the hardships of attempted
murder, being hunted, and starvation as the farmers resort to violence to rid themselves of Mr.
Fox and preserve their livestock. Out of an undying will to survive, and out of love and concern
for his family and fellow animal community, Mr. Fox, is able to valiantly burrow a subterranean
tunnel into the store houses of the three farmers. The triumphant Mr. Fox invites all of the
community animals for a feast and propose that they build "a little underground village" (Dahl,
Mr. Fox, pg. 88), that they may never have to contend with those farmers again. All the while,
Boggis, Bunce and Bean still wait on the surface......

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