The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Joel Chandler Harris
- First Published: 1880
- Type of Plot: Animal tale
- Time of Work: After the American Civil War
- Setting: The Deep South
- Principal Characters: Uncle Remus, Miss Sally's seven-year-old son, Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, Miss Fox, Tobe
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: African Americans, Slavery or slaves, Violence, Revenge, Survivalism, Horror, Animals, Fables
- Locales: South (U.S.)
The Story
“The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox,” the last of Uncle Remus's tales in Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings (1880), marks the end of Mr. Fox, as well as the end of the book. It is, as Uncle Remus says, “de las’rower stumps, sho.” For this reason, Uncle Remus is more serious when the evening storytelling session begins, and he states at the beginning that Brer Fox dies in this tale.
The focus of the tale, however, is, as usual, Brer Rabbit. Hoping to share Brer Fox's dinner, he tells Brer Fox that his wife is sick and his children are cold, but Brer Fox...
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