The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Title: The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Author: Beatrix Potter

Illustrated: Beatrix Potter

Published: First Published 1902, This edition 2002

Publisher: Fredrick Warne & Co

Interest Level: K-2

Genre: Classic Fantasy

• This book has animals that demonstrate humanist characteristics. They talk, wear human clothes, and walk on their feet. 

Plot: Linear

Theme: explicit 

What a Tale!

For those of you who do not know this tale, it is about a mischievous little rabbit who disobeys his mother , and enters McGregor's garden. He helps himself to bunch of delicious treats until  he feels sick and wanders off to look for parsley. However, who does he meet McGregor, himself. He runs around the garden trying to escape losing his shoes, jacket, and his way. His mother warned him to stay out of the garden, but the silly little rabbit disobeyed and found himself in a whole heap of trouble.

Holy Conflict

This book is full of conflicts.

• Potter uses the flash back of Peters father becoming an ingredient in the McGregor's pie as a warning to her little rabbits.
• The CHASE. Peter loses his shoes, and gets stuck in a fence. Just when you think its over for Peter some sparrows save the day. If that was not enough he still cannot find his way out and ends up in  watering can in which is filled with water, still Mr. McGregor continues on.
• After the chase has ended Peter can still not find his way home, so he wanders around looking for help. It seems as if he will never find his way home.
• Peter makes a mad dash to the gate (once he finds it) with Mr. Mcgregor close behind. Peter makes it under, and runs straight home.

Characters:

All the characters seem to be either good or bad. For example: Peter's siblings are well-behaved and listen to their mother. While Peter is indeed the opposite  Mr. McGregor is betrayed as a mean angry old man, which would be the bad character.










Potter, B. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Frederick Warne & Co, 2002. Print.