Peter Rabbit’s Transformation Anonymous 8th Grade

Viktor Frankl, a neurologist, psychologist and Holocaust survivor once quoted, “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” This suggests that sometimes a person might find himself in a dangerous situation that he cannot change immediately. The person might need to take a different course of action for the situation to have a positive outcome. Just as Frankl is giving the message that individuals should learn how to make positive decisions so that the negative experiences do not hurt them throughout their lives, so does Beatrix Potter in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. During Peter’s life in the forest, he is faced with many obstacles and challenging events. As Peter deals with each event along his journey, he is transformed.

In the beginning of the story, the reader immediately learns that Peter is impulsive and does not listen to his mother. The author emphasizes how Peter is different from his sisters who always listen to their mother. In the scene and illustration where Mrs. Rabbit is talking to all four of her children and telling them to stay away from Mr. McGregor’s garden, Peter is looking away from his mother. She states, “Your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by...