Mrs.+Frisby+and+the+rats+od+NIMH+essay

Hannah Davis Mr.Baskin/Team C Humanities April 13, 2012

**__Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH__**
Intro- The message of Robert C. O’Brien’s novel Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is to help a friend if they are in need.__ In the novel we see that to do that you ____ have to be brave and kind. I this essay i will have three paraghraphs about the message in the novel. This can be supported with examples from the novel. __ The message in the book is to help a friend if they are in need. This is the message because the rats do this to Mrs. Frisby. Mrs. Frisby asks them if they can do a favor for her and they do it for her. Even though it took up their time and they had to plan things out, they still do it for her. This is being a good friend. For example, one day my friend needed me to help her. And I knew you have to be brave and herioc. I will always help a friend if they are in need.

To help a friend in need, you have to be brave. I think the rats of NIMH were brave. To be brave means to face your fears with courage. For instance,one day I had auditions to try out for the dance team. I think I was very brave because once we learned the dance and did it in small groups we had to dance alone with everyone else watching us. Unfortunally, I did not make it because i have never done that dance style before. But I think i was brave o at least try out.

Lastly, the rats were herioc. Herioc means to have the characteristics of a hero, to be brave. The rats were herioc to Mrs. Frisby when they saved her and her familys life. For Example, one time my friend went in the ocean with her mom in North Carolina. Not that far away from her was a small baby shark because they were very very far out.Her mom yelled "Chealsea theres a shark". (Obviously her name was Chelsea). They both swam really fast back to shore. Last, she said thank you for warning me you saved my life. This was the time my friends mom saved my friends life.

In conclusion. the message is to help a friend if they are in need. To do do this you have to be brave and herioc. I think the rats were all of these character traits. This is important because when you need to help a friend in need just read the novel "Mrs. Frisby and rats of NIMH". This message can help me when I really do need to help a friend. All I need to do is be brave and herioc. =**__Summary__**=

 Mrs. Frisby and her family of mice lived on a farm owned by Mr. Fitzgibbon. One day, Mrs. Frisby’s youngest son, Timothy, became very sick. Mrs. Frisby decided to get medicine from their doctor, Mr. Ages. I think this is an example "help a friend in need. On her way, Mrs. Frisby helped a crow caught by a piece of string. The crow, named Jeremy, said he would repay Mrs. Frisby someday. When Mrs. Frisby finally got to Mr. Ages tree, he said to let Timothy rest and to stay warm. Mrs. Frisby brought the medicine back home, a cracker box half-way buried into a field. The next day Mrs. Frisby overheard Mr. Fitzgibbon talking about plowing the fields soon. Mrs. Frisby and her children move to their summer home to avoid the plow. This year the weather was cooler than usual, which would make the summer home quite cold but, Timothy was supposed to be in bed and to be warm. If the mice didn’t move to their summer home soon, they will be caught in the plow. But that meant Timothy would be in the cold. Mrs. Frisby asked Jeremy for help. Jeremy took her to the wise owl. The owl told her to ask the rats of Nimh for help. The rats of Nimh were intelligent lab rats that escaped from a lab called Nimh. Mrs. Frisby asked the rats for help. I also think this is another way to help a friend in need. The rats of NIMH move Mrs. Frisby’s winter home to a spot where Mr. Fitzgibbon didn’t plow. That way, Timothy would stay warm and the house wouldn’t be caught by the plow. Mrs. Frisby thanked them. A few days later, Mrs. Frisby was gathering food, when she heard Mr. Fitzgibbon was talking to his wife about scientists interested in the rats that lived on the farm. Mrs. Frisby knew he was talking about the rats of Nimh. She quickly informed them about this. The rats said the scientists that did experiments on them were pin-pointing their location. The rats decided to move. They devised a plan where they would try to trick the scientists into thinking they escaped into a nearby forest to be forever lost. When the scientists came, the rats’ plan went into action. In the end, two rats died and were recaptured. The rest of the rats escaped and moved to a new location. Mrs. Frisby and her family were safe from the plow and Timothy became healthy again.