Mrs. Frisby is the careful mother of four mice children in the farm of Farmer Fitzgibbon
She is always worried for her children sick. When Mrs. Frisby comes back home to find her frailest and skinniest child Timothy sick, she doesn't know what to do. Even worse, moving day is only a few days away! When it is moving day, Farmer Fitzgibbon plows the field and then will break Mrs. Frisby's house with all of her children! Mrs. Frisby must get her children and she to the summer refuge quick, but with timothy sick, Mrs. Frisby can't move her children or else Timothy will get even more sick! Mrs. Frisby goes to Mr. Ages, a respected friend of her husband who is a fabulous doctor!
The doctor says that Timothy has pneumonia and gives Mrs. Frisby an antidote! But to fully heal, timothy must stay in bed for at least a month! With moving day in only five days, Mrs. Frisby needs urgent help! One day, Mrs. Frisby finds a helpless young crow tangled in shiny, silver wire. She frees the crow named Jeremy and lets him go. The crow asks if he can do anything to repay her. Mrs. Frisby says her need for a solution for her moving day problem. The kind crow takes her to the wise owl who says to go to the rats. Mrs. Frisby is unsure about the suggestion, but with Timothy sick, Mrs. Frisby will do anything. Mrs. Frisby goes to the prickly thorn bush, the habitat of the gray rats. The rats are astonished with Mrs. Frisby, telling her of the heroic deeds of her long-lost husband. Now Mrs.Frisby will brave the deeds to keep young Timothy safe. But how?] is the question.
The rats adjourn to a meeting to discuss the matters. Nicodemus, the leader of the intelligent rats, finally comes to Mrs. Frisby after the everlasting conference and tells her the reas...
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...u'll love fiction books! This book is super addicting so you'll love to read more of O'Brien's books! You might realize that with your imagination, you can make any story! O'Brien does exactly that in this book. You will love this for it is known throughout this continent as a descriptive, sweet book about friendship and responsibility. This book also is made to have a "cute and tiny" because it is about a mouse. I like this feature because I think that it makes this book more addicting to read. This is what I think about Robert C. O'Brien's book the miraculous Rats of Nimh.
Epilogue: This is a great work of writing by O'Brien and will not fail to amaze you. As for Zena Bernstein, her pictures made this epic book so much greater. Through words and wonderful illustrations, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh have become one of my most favorite books of all time.
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
First, the story takes place in the 1900s on Tol and Miss Minnie’s farm. They have crops, gardens, and livestock, and are avid in what they do (Half-Pint of Old Darling 124).
The story follows three girls- Jeanette, the oldest in the pack, Claudette, the narrator and middle child, and the youngest, Mirabella- as they go through the various stages of becoming civilized people. Each girl is an example of the different reactions to being placed in an unfamiliar environment and retrained. Jeanette adapts quickly, becoming the first in the pack to assimilate to the new way of life. She accepts her education and rejects her previous life with few relapses. Claudette understands the education being presented to her but resists adapting fully, her hatred turning into apathy as she quietly accepts her fate. Mirabella either does not comprehend her education, or fully ignores it, as she continually breaks the rules and boundaries set around her, eventually resulting in her removal from the school.
She’s considering having an abortion. On the other hand the daughter wants to get merry to her African boyfriend he wants her to move with him to Africa. Momma is very excited to own her first home and they also refuse to take the money from Mr. Linden, they are tired of living in the apartment, momma thinks a house is the best investment. The son is going through some extremely hard times after losing all that money trying to open a liquor store. In the story the son faces more problems the son has the most problems for example he’s in charged of the house after his father die he took over all the responsibility he’s father had. During the 1950s after the father die the son usually took over the family and all its
To the average reader, “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck may initially look very similar, but after carefully critiquing and comparing their abundance of differences, their opinion will change. Steinbeck found his inspiration for writing the novel after reading that poem. His novel is set in Salinas, CA during the 1900s and is about migrant farm wrokers while the poem is about the guilt felt by one man after he inadvertently ruins the “home” of a field mouse with his plow. Even though they are two different genres of literature, they share a similar intent. The poem is written in first person, while the novel is written in third person omniscient. The vocabulary used to provide imagery is also another subtle different. Being two different genres of literature, they are destined to have both differences and similarities, but the amount of differences outweighs the aspects that are the same.
The last paragraph is full of small details. Details of “no mystery”(256) now become noticeable. Because of Miss Ferenczi's influence every fact from the world starts to take an element of strangeness. After Miss Ferenczi was gone, life in Five Oaks restored it's ignorant peace, but her larger that life spirit remained alive in a heart of the fourth grader Tommy.
Janie was raised by her grandmother whom she called Nanny; she never meets her mother or father. Janie and Nanny lived in the back of the Washburn’s house, which was a white...
"Of Mice and Men" is a novel by John Steinbeck, written in the 1930s, a period known as the Great Depression. The novel, which takes place in Salinas, California, is about two workers, George and Lennie. The two men travel together and work on different ranches, with a dream of one day having their own farm. Steinbeck explores the themes of loneliness friendship, and hopes and dreams through the various characters and events. This extract takes place after George and Lennie arrives to a new ranch to work. John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to prepare the reader for future events. This is done by the use of repetition, symbols, and metaphors. In this extract, the author foreshadows the events to come through the introduction of Curley's wife and through the reaction of George and Lennie. This extract is significant to the rest of the novel as it introduces the main antagonist, Curley's wife, and also influences what the reader thinks and feels about Curley's wife, as well as the danger the character poses.
It was a village on a hill, all joyous and fun where there was a meadow full of blossomed flowers. The folks there walked with humble smiles and greeted everyone they passed. The smell of baked bread and ginger took over the market. At the playing grounds the children ran around, flipped and did tricks. Mama would sing and Alice would hum. Papa went to work but was always home just in time to grab John for dinner. But Alice’s friend by the port soon fell ill, almost like weeds of a garden that takes over, all around her went unwell. Grave yards soon became over populated and overwhelmed with corpse.
what in the hell is eating them?” thus the book ends on a harsh, cruel note, topped off by
Miss Brill is advanced in years. She has been coming weekly to the gardens for “‘a long time’” (100). Furthermore, the two young lovers describe her as an “‘an old thing”’ (100).
This feeling intensifies when Mr. Brocklehurst arrives to take Jane away to Lowood School. Her aunt is pleased to see her go, but manages to influence Jane's life even after Jane is settled in at the charity school, by informing Mr.
The student may find it useful to begin the paper with the following quote from the novel:
The story starts out by describing Mme. Loisel and the contrasts between the world she lives in and the one she dreams of. Her life consists of simple clothes, a plain household full of functional things, and simple, healthy food. She has one servant in her house, her husband holds a good, if unglamourous, job, and they are in general a middle class family. This life is...
A. “Reading Little Women.” Temple University Press (1984): 151-65. Rpt in Novels for Students. Ed. Elizabeth Thomason.