Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMP was an adventurous story of a little mouse trying to save her son. As I first began reading this book I was really excited to see that a female was going to be the protagonist. After reading many books ending with a male character saving the day and becoming the hero, I was hoping Mrs. Frisby would do the same. In the begining Mrs frisby shows characteristics of a hero. She shows bravery and selflessness by flying to see the owl and following his advise to seek help from Justin and Nicodemus. However, as I continued to read I felt her female role as protagonist was challenged.
A major thing that was odd to me was that we never discovered Mrs. Frisbys first name. Instead, her name is always attached to the late Jonathan Frisby (a man!). I feel Mrs. Frisbys identity is not clear throughout this book because of the importance of her husband and not herself. Therefore I do not believe she became the female hero protagonist I was originally hoping for.
Although she is different than the male heroes in the other books we have read, Mrs. Frisbys role of caretaker and mother was still important. Despite her lack of identity, Mrs. Frisby still bravely volunteered to poison Dragon in the hopes of saving Timothy. Without her selflessness and strong desire to save her son this story would not have been the interesting and adventerous one it turned out to be.
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