Mrs.Frisby+and+the+Rats+of+NIMH

1. Mrs. Frisby had faced many dangers that included others. One of the dangers is getting home. If she couldn't make it home before dark, who knows what would have happened. The crow had also faced a great danger by getting caught on a string. Even Timothy Mrs. Frisby sick sin had been facing a great danger of having pneumonia. She faces those problems by going through the farm that cut the distance in half of the way to get home. Then Mrs. Frisby helped the crow by biting on the string so it would break and the crow could be free. Then Mrs. Frisby's son Timothy gets medicine that Mrs. Frisby gets from Mr. Ages for his disease. Mrs. Frisby is very generous, loving, determined, and helpful. Mrs. Frisby is all of these things because she was generous by taking up her time to help the crow get free which is also very helpful. She is loving by getting medicine for her sick son Timothy when she knew he needed it, and she was determined to get home and get the medicine for Timothy which she did.

2. On page 26 Jeremy the crow meant when he said "We all help one another against the cat" is that they all showed teamwork and beat the cat. The author is trying to say that if you stick together as a team to solve conflicts that the problems will then get resolved/get better faster and easier. Moving day is when winter is over and everyone has to leave the garden and go back to the meadow or pasture. Moving day is a serious dilemma because the only day the weather allows them to move, farmer Fitzgibbons tractor comes through. No animal caught in that garden is likely to escape alive. All problems are hard until you have the right solution. Thinking questions: Both events have to do with solutions to problem. This is because Mrs. Frisby had a sick son (problem) so Mr. Ages gave Mrs. Frisby medicine for her son (solution). This is the same as when Mrs. Frisby saved Jeremy the crow’s life because when he got stuck to the fence (problem) Mrs. Frisby helped him escape (solution). What they both have in common is that someone in the problem got help from another in this case Mrs. Frisby was that someone. Mrs. Frisby husband used to always say that "doors are hard to unlock unless you have the key." The special key that Mrs. Frisby needs is help from another person. The general advice Mr. Ages and Jeremy the crow would give is that all problems are hard but if you ask for help it will get better.

3. There were many major events that had happened in pages 39-52. Those major events were how Mrs.Frisby and Jeremy came to the owl for advice. Jeremy came and talked to the owl asking for the owl to help his friend "Mrs.Frisby" for advice. Then the owl wondered why Mrs.Frisby couldn't just ask the owl for advice herself instead of Jeremy asking for her. Jeremy then tells the owl that Mrs.Frisby was a lady mouse who needed the owls advice. Next the owl rejects there request for advice just because she's a mouse. Then then owl was curious why Jeremy a crow was friends with Mrs.Frisby a mouse. Jeremy then explained to the owl how Mrs.Frisby helped him after getting himself caught in a fence and almost being eaten by the cat. Finally the owl gave the advice to Mrs.Frisby as she needed.

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5. In this essay I will explain to you how Mrs. Frisby and her sick son Timothy kind of switch places like Timothy acts like the adult while Mrs. Frisby is like a kid. Then I will also be explaining to you about the technology of the architecture of the rat’s sub-rosa world. This is what this essay will mainly be about. In the book called Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH Mrs. Frisby and her son Timothy switched places. This is because while Mrs.Frisby was worrying about Timothy and Moving day Timothy was telling her how everything will be all fine. Timothy then gave Mrs.Frisby some advice and was very understanding. So instead of Mrs. Frisby giving Timothy advice and good thoughts it was Timothy who gave Mrs.Frisby advice. Thus, is how Mrs.Frisby and Timothy switched places or roles in this story. There is technology of the architecture of the rat’s sub-rosa world. Those technology are that they were long well lit hallways, and there ceilings and walls were a smoothly curved arch. Its floors were hard and flat with a soft layer of carpet down the middle, and then the lights from the hallway were on every foot on the hallway. The lights had tiny bulbs inside and there was stained glass which was very colorful. Those were the technology of the architecture of the rat’s sub-rosa world.

6. The strange advice that the owl gave Mrs.Frisby was "move the house into the lee of stone". The two important information Mrs.Frisby found out in the chapter a powder for dragon are that move your house to the lee of stone means the side where there is no wind and that a broad sense lee means the sheltered side which was the advice that the owl gave Mrs.Frisby. Then the second important information that Mrs.Frisby found out was that her husband died from the dragon the dragon killed her husband. Those were the two important things Mrs.Frisby found out. In the chapter the market place Mrs. Frisby learned that the rats came from the market place and something happened. The thing that happened was that at the market place which was called the farmers market was that when the rats reached their town there was a white truck that was oddly shaped parked on the street bordering it and on the van there were four letters printed on the van those letters were NIMH but none of the rats noticed because they couldn't read then. Then there was a lot of food so all the rats came to get but when they came there was shooting and bright blinding search lights flashed on aiming at the rats and the huge food supply. Then they were men in white uniforms carrying nets that were round with a long handle and then the men were catching all the rats. Then they started to become intelligent.

7. The rats were taught how to read by having photographs of shapes and pictures that the rats can recognize and the picture was shown on the screen with a light behind it. Then after the rats looked at the picture and recognized it a shape would then flash on the screen of a half circle and two straight lines. Then a voice began saying words very clearly repeating the word lots of times and then another one would come on then the picture with the word would come up. Then the rats realized that they knew how to read. When the rats escaped from the NIMH it showed intelligence and responsibility. This is because they knew a way to escape which was really hard to the fact that they were in cages. They planned there escape using their brains which is smart and what being intelligent almost is. It showed responsibility because they all worked together making no joke of their conflict and they all faced there problem and planned there escape which is very responsible. The rats have become intelligent because they learned how to read and almost write too they also have planned there escape so clever that it worked and they escaped.

8. The signs that the rats have totally transformed into different creatures are that when they would walk near other rats the other rats would look weak and puny while they would look strong and bigger from the injections. The other rats reactions were that when Nicodemus and the rats would talk to other rats, the other rats would strangely look at them and then edge away. The worry that the rats have about stealing is that anything that they ate were stolen and rats have always lived that way. The greatest discovery that the rats made at the Boniface Estate was a rich man's mansion, that had a kitchen filled with food and there was beautiful furniture with fine rugs and carpeting on the floors. Also there was a crystal chandelier in the dining room, and a big stone fireplace in the living room. All of this means the rats are stronger and bigger than before and they steal because of who they are and they invade people houses. The rats did get stuck at the Boniface estate when there was these downspout in the corner with plenty of toeholds then the rats dropped the screwdriver and the spool of thread into one of the toeholds.

9. The event that occurs that the author wants to remind us about kindness is how the rats are helping Mrs.Frisby with moving day by helping her move her house by planning it to help her family and herself as well. Later in the chapter the rats wanted to be self-sufficient which mean to be able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance. The rats want to be self-sufficient because they want people to know that if ants and bees can move their homes that they can move Mrs.Frisbys home too and that they are helpful and kind to others. The inventions they used to plan to be self-sufficient were a plow that Nicodemus made himself.

10. The rats admired the monks from the Middle Ages because they led the simplest kind of lives, and studied and wrote. They grew their own food and they built their own houses and furniture, they also made their own tools and that gave the rats ideas. The monks were self-sufficient because they made all these stuff without any help and they didn't steal and they were able to supply all these things all by themselves. The rats were the most hated because people think that rats spread diseases and mostly because rats live by stealing. The mistake that was made by the prairie dog according to the book was that their lives were too easy so they grew weaker because they didn't have to hunt or actually supply the things they need by themselves like other animals. I think that the lesson about the building of the future civilization that the rats make is that if they perhaps didn't steal and were able to make and supply things by themselves without help or stolen food they can become a self-sufficient civilization and if they don't get food without stealing it they won't be as weak as they are right now. The rats want to create a self-sufficient community where everything doesn't get handed to you, instead you have to work for it and not steal from other people because that's wrong.

11(a)The allegorical story (story with an intended message) about the dangers if taking the easy way out and stealing is when Nicodemus read a story about a women who lived in a small town and bought a vacuum cleaner and she kept her house very clean usually with her mop and broom. But the vacuum was so much faster and better so all the other housewives got vacuum cleaners too. The vacuum cleaner business then had to open up a factory because all the electricity was being used for the vacuum cleaners. There was so much electricity needed that the electric power company had to open up a big power plant and in its furnaces it burned coal that black smock would go out of the chimney. Then the town was full of black smock making the floors dirtier than ever so everyone had to clean twice as much. Then everyone was able to keep their floors clean. So taking the easy way out didn't work out for anyone in this story because everything became worse but when they went back taking the harder way out everything was better.

11(b). Jenner disagrees with Nicodemus about whether they should move to Thorn Valley because he knew Thorn Valley was too far from the barn and it would be too far to carry food and there won’t be electricity. Then when Nicodemus suggested they can cut down bushes and weeds for crops and there would be room for thousands Jenner still didn't agree because there aren't thousands of them and they can’t grow their own electricity plus they already have a civilization in Jenner's opinion. Nicodemus disagrees with Jenner accuse because Thorn Valley is a beautiful place and there civilization is based on stealing and starting a new civilization based on everyone supplying the stuff they need with no help is self-sufficient. Also if the people catch them stealing they will either kill them or hunt them down. Jenner then left because he did not agree with was Nicodemus plan and when he heard the decision at the meeting he was very angry and he left the meeting. A few days later he came back and quit the group forever taking six of his followers with him.

11(c). The thing that we learned about Jonathan Frisby that shows his kindness towards his wife was that he had not told his wife how the injections he had made him have a longer life span. So while he stayed young his wife would just keep on getting older and older then die and it was distressing him, but he thought of how painful it would be for her. So he didn't tell his wife which really shows how he cared and doesn't want his wife in a painful position so he kept this secret to keep his wife happy.

11(d). According to the author doing the right things means that if something isn’t right you should step up and fix it, and if you know with your heart that doing something important or nice is right than do it. Like how Jonathan Frisby knew that if he told his wife about the injections it would be painful for her so he didn't tell her because he knew that not telling her is the right thing to do. The author wants us to see about the connection of the new civilization and doing the right thing is that when Nicodemus knew that having a new civilization where you can supply, and make all the things you need by yourself was the right thing even though he had an argument with Jenner he still knew that it was the right thing. So he stuck to it. That's what doing the right thing means to the author and the connection of the new civilization and the right thing.

12. In the chaper Seven Dead Rats Mrs.Frisby learns that people were after the rats when she was trapped in the birdcage. Ironically it was a good thing she was captured because she had learned what is going to happen to the rats so now she is aware of whats going to happen and what the people are up to. Two examples of entrapment that, ironically led to good things are how Mrs.Frisby now knows what the people are up to and that she can now warn the others when she leaves or find a way to escape. Then she can find a way to stop the people from getting the rats. So ironically Mrs.Frisby being trapped was actually a good thing in a way that she now knows what is happening and she can maybe find a way to stop it.

13. In the chapter Escape Mrs.Frisby spends a bit of time thing about the rats. Mrs. Frisby wants to escape to run and warn the rats before its too late. This says that her character is very caring, brave, and heroic to find a way to escape and then warn the rats so they will know that the people are after them and they wont die. Mrs.Frisby said that she thought there plan was a great plan and a brave one and that it would be the first time in the world that intelligent beings beside men have ever tried to start a new civilization of their own. The message that the author is giving us about goodness, bravery, intelligence, and civilizations are that good things can happen even at the wrong place and at the wrong time. Bravery is a trait that can help save many if your brave you can do anything, and intelligence can be found by many it doesn't have to be people who are smart animals can be very intelligent too. Civilizations can be great even when started new by an animal that is known for stealing they can still make a great community. Later in the chapter we see the rats actually working on moving Mrs.Frisby house. The rats were digging up holes around Mrs.Frisby's house and then the rats were pulling up Mrs.Frisby's house. Then when they finished all that they went to put back the dirt in the holes so Mr. Fitzgibbon wont wonder who has been digging in his garden. They were able to do this by using shovels to dig around and up Mrs.Frisby's house and using pulleys and rope to pull up her house by hooking two of the ropes to cinder blocks. Then nine rats would pull each rope while two would stay behind and watch the rollers. Then the rollers turned and the heavy blocks slid forward easily, and finally put the dirt back in the holes with the shovels again. What the rats did showed specialization of labor because all the rats had a job to do like how one group held each rope and how another group would dig up holes. Then the other group would watch the rollers so they all had the knowledge of what to do and worked great all together and got the job done. That showed the rats intelligence because they all knew what to do and did it right then they were all resourcefulness because they were all able to find the supplies they needed like shovels, pulleys, rollers, and the ropes. They also showed cooperation because they all cooperated and did what they were supposed to and didn't complain or argue at all they got the job done. According to the author being civilized means working together and being helpful and being kind to others like how Nicodemus and the rats helped Mrs.Frisby with her house and moving it they helped Mrs.Frisby with nothing in return and that is was being civilized means.

14. We know that an important conflict (Mrs.Frisby's conflict) is resolved with moving day because Mrs.Frisby actually slept well and soundly and when she woke up she had a smile on her face, her children slept peacefully, Timothy's breathing was quiet and easy, everyone can stay in the house as long as they needed to, on some warm days Timothy was strong again, and she could close up her entrance tunnel and no one would could find it, and undisturbed by the plow. At the meeting with the rats that Mrs.Frisby attends, explains exactly how and why the rats intelligently come to a conclusion that the rats must abandon their home. The evidence that they have was that the people know there rats they know there are seven dead rats and that is Jenner's group and Brutus heard a car when he was on duty. Then Brutus said he was back by dinner and Nicodemus is in referencing that it may be the NIMH people and that will make things much worse for the rats. Mrs. Frisby also already heard this and knew this because of when she was trapped in the bird cage she heard the people talking about spraying poison in the hardware store so the rats would die so it was a good thing she was there to hear that important information. The predictions that Nicodemus and the rats makes is that the people from NIMH are back to get the rats and that exterminators were going to spray the hardware shop with poison so the rats will die. After they abandoned their underground lair they developed a strange plan. That strange plan was that the rats were going to have to have to pull all the wires, and lights from the tunnel they are likely to dig up. Then they have to tear down the arch, and when everything is hidden in their cave they'll seal everything but the upper storage door and the tunnels leading in the front and back. Then a group would go to the Fitzgibbion's trash can and get loads of the worst smelling garbage there. They came up with this plan because they had to developed a plan to get out of the hardware store and to keep their cave hidden so the exterminators won't find them and kill all the rats and destroy there cave. On page 115 Timothy asked his mother why the rats were moving away, because they want to Mrs.Frisby then replied. That's a deep and profound statement. The rats wanted to move away because if they don't the exterminators would of found them and kill them and they want to be safe and start a brand new community. The reason they want to move shows that they are reliable, caring, and safe people. This is because they were able to come up with a plan to keep the rats safe so rats could always rely on them and their very caring by coming up with a plan so their community would be safe and that showed they cared about their community and that they know what the right thing to do. That is what showed their true characters.

15. The author ends the novel with a final statement about intelligence, courage, and kindness. In my own view the overall general message that the author would like to leave us about being civilized, especially as it relates to intelligence, courage, and responsibility is when you have the courage to save someone like how a rat saved Brutus life when he breathed in the poison and became unconscious then collapse unable to get up that showed bravery and that rat was a true hero. Then being civilized is about taking risks, coming up with plans, and helping others, having the courage and bravery to save a life or help another. Also that anyone can be intelligent, don't judge a book by its cover anyone can be smart like how people were assuming that rats spread diseases which they don't. First, the rats method of trying to fool their executioners show intelligence because the rats had enough intelligence that they were able to come up with a plan to fool a executioners and escape to their new home. This is because they were able to trick the executioners into thinking that seven rats were twenty rats like there were twenty rats instead of seven. The things that they did that showed they were clever were how they were all able to escape from the executioners and have seven rats distract the people while all the rest ran put because one of the seven rats warned the others so the others were aware of what was happening and what they were supposed to do. Second Mrs.Frisby witnesses a heroic act that was very brave. That heroic act that Mrs.Frisby witnesses is when Brutus had breathed in the poison he became unconscious and collapse so a rat saw him then helped him up and helped him get Brutus to the end of the tunnel, after that he went back to helped another rat but died. That was heroic because he saw Brutus knew he was in trouble then went to help him and saved his life, and that was brave because he risk his own life to help Brutus he could have breathed in the poison by accident and died. The past action that Mrs.Frisby shown that was brave and heroic was the time she helped Jeremy when he got caught in a fence. What she did was brave and heroic because when Jeremy got caught on that fence she went and helped him escape which was heroic because she saved his life he could have been eaten by the cat but she saved him and that was a heroic thing to do. Thirdly, on page 230 and 231 Mrs.Frisby shows responsibility when she speaks to her children about everything that happened to her and her husband in the past. This is because she knew that telling her kids everything that happened was the right thing to do and she knew they would not tell anyone and she knew that they were also Jonathan Frisby's kids so she decided to tell them and that was responsible because she stuck with her instincts that told her it was time to tell her kids. The author of Mrs.Frisby and the rats of NIMH wants us to know about being civilized is that being civilized is about taking risks, coming up with plans, and helping others, having the courage and bravery to save a life or help another in other words it’s all about kindness and caring about other people than yourself, like going out of your way to help one another. Character traits of a civilized person are being kind, helpful, heroic, brave, caring, considerate, honest and ambitious. Sometimes being civilized can be hard because sometimes it’s not always easy helping others, and sometimes people want to take the easy way out while being civilized means taking the harder way out. It can be easier to be uncivilized in some ways because that means you don't have to take the hard way out and you could live easy life while someone else supply's you with the things you need like how the rats used to be when they used to steal and live in other people’s homes.