Peter Rabbit Boys Versus Girls
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Boys Versus Girls
Beatrix Potter, the author of Peter Rabbit, was born in the Victorian Era of England. She was an aspiring artist, but her parents would not pay for the art classes she needed. Instead, she eventually became a writer and illustrator of children's books. In Peter Rabbit, the main character, Peter, is disobedient and gets into mischief, but he does not get punished. His sisters, the good bunnies, obey their mother but are boring characters. Potter uses these characters to show the gender differences, such as appearance, traits and life values present as she was growing up in the Victorian Era. She shows through Peter that boys were allowed to be adventurous and curious, while she shows through the sisters that girls were stuck in a rigid role of obedience and goodness.
Peter Rabbit is a boy rabbit with human characteristics. He has a human name. He walks on two feet, instead of four like ordinary rabbits...