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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
On page 4 of the book, Mrs. Frisby, a field mouse, is described as a widow, as her husband, Mr. Frisby, died the summer before. Mrs. Frisby is now the head of the house, and she is able, through...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Jenner left the burrow because he didn't want to destroy the machines, but that was really just the last straw. He and Nicodemus were counterpoints to each other. Whereas Nicodemus was a big...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The aim of the vacuum story was to inform Mrs. Frisby about the risks of taking the easy way out. This was with regards to the stealing culture of the rats. Nicodemus realized that by over-relying...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C. O’Brien's purpose in part tackles the issue of stereotypes in his novel Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. The author attempts to break stereotypes with his descriptions of the small but...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
In the second chapter of Robert O'Brien's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, the title character Mrs. Frisby ventures out to see a white mouse whom she knows named Mr. Ages; she hopes Mr. Ages can...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The rat with the number, A-9, is Justin, Nicodemus's neighbour in the lab, and one of the brightest of all the rats. One night he confides to Nicodemus that he's going to look for a possible way of...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The nature of the rats's Plan - normally spelt with a capital P to emphasise its importance - is not fully revealed to Mrs Frisby until late in the book, when she has been taken fully into the...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The major conflict in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is Man (non-human protagonist) vs. Nature. When Mrs. Frisby's son Timothy comes down with pneumonia, she faces a serious choice: try to escape...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby is practical. Instead of bemoaning her hardships and feeling sorry for herself, she immediately takes action to solve her problems. Mrs. Frisby is loyal. When Billy Fitzgibbon...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
As the book starts, Mrs. Frisby and her four children are preparing for Moving Day, when they move from their winter home in the field to a summer home by the brook. However, her son Timothy...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
A major theme in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is freedom. O'Brien explores this topic by telling a tale that might acquire an allegorical dimension. Thus, the people from the lab would...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
It is actually in Chapter 3 of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH that Mrs. Frisby sets off for home and meets someone. The character she meets is a very young crow who is in a predicament - he is...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
After the Rats move Mrs. Frisby's cinder block house out of the path of the plowers, she watches in safety while the fields are plowed. After that, with Timothy well enough to move, they cover over...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The purpose of the annual light bulb harvest is to provide the rats with light for their living quarters. As a result of the experiment that was done on them at NIMH, the rats are highly...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
If I were going to start a paragraph about the story of the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, I would begin by looking at the primary event. Mrs. Frisby has a young son who is ill. He is...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The rats in NIMH represent characteristics that are expressed by human beings regularly. Ms Frisby us a widow, therefore she must find a way to survive. This is the challenge that is faced by many...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Jonathan was Mrs. Frisby's husband. He was a member of the secret society of rats who had been collected for scientific experiments. He gained extra...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
In order to get a close view of the farmhouse, Mrs. Frisby climbs up "a very thick fence post at the corner of the garden nearest the farmhouse and the tractor shed." She knows that, a few inches...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
In the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Mrs. Frisby's husband was one of the original animals that had been collected for experimentation in the labs of NIMH. Mrs. Frisby goes to find some...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
In the book "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" the mice still demonstrate behaviors of scampering around. When Mrs. Frisby goes to see the owl she is reluctant because she is aware that owls eat...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
In the story Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Mrs. Frisby needs to have her house moved before it is harvested over and destroyed. The Rats of NIMH agree to help assist her. However, there are...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby and Mr. Ages were not like the rats
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
As indicated by the title, the main character of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is Mrs. Frisby, a small mouse living with her four children in a farmer's field. Each year, they leave for the...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Timothy is the frailest of the Frisby children, and "when colds or flu or virus infections (come) around he (is) the first to catch them and the slowest to recover" (Chapter 1 - "The Sickness of...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby concludes that the food she has found in the hollow stump must have been left by an animal that had been killed by a hunter. Mrs. Frisby's husband had died the previous summer, but she...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The owl in the story is the creature that Mr. Frisby goes to for guidance and information. Owls eat mice. The owl is described as having the shape of a vase with two round yellow glowing eyes....
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
There are many themes in Mrs. Frisby. For example... 1. Courage, especially in those who are small, can overcome great obstacles. 2. Loyalty to family and friends is important and valued. 3....
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Jenner is "extremely quick and intelligent" (Chapter 14), and is often the first to figure out a solution in a crisis situation. It is Jenner who first begins to make the connection...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Jenner is worried first of all about the consequences of the experiments that have been performed on the rats in the laboratories of NIMH; he is worried about what exactly the implications are for...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Kind of. It was a mental health facility that used the rats for testing.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Jonathan saved them from the air ducts.The rats and mice were all held captive in the laboratories of NIMH. The rats helped the mice escape by opening their cages. As they were trying to get out...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
At the site noted below, enotes states that NIMH stands for National Institute of Mental Health, where some of the rats were kept before they were able to escape.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Before they leave, the rats must fulfill their promise to Mrs. Frisby to move the cinderblock that is home to her and her children. They do so with much ingenuity and thoroughness, using teamwork...