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All the best animated films begin with a lonely protagonist.

Belle (Beauty and the Beast) stuck in a town that doesn’t understand her. Carl (Up) living in a house surrounded by a world that no longer makes sense to him. Marlin (Finding Nemo) frantic after his son is taken.

My favorite, and the one I think best illustrates this week’s principle, is WALL-E.

Source: Disney+

If you haven’t seen the movie, the story follows...