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Toward the end of the book, Sullivan observes that rats in fact, are not unlike human’s in many ways in that:

In a retrospective essay about the Newbery Medal-winning books from 1966 to 1975, children's author John Rowe Townsend wrote: "It seems to me that the fact that all the animals talk and behave intelligently from the beginning of the story detracts from the spectacular development of the laboratory rats... Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a pleasing book, but I find it mildly frustrating; it might have been something more than it is". [10] In the UK there is a similar debate regarding foxes (it's not really any different.) We destroy their environment (sometimes building our homes directly in it) and get all defensive when they end up on our doorstep. We do not accommodate for them and label them as pests. Wild animals will always be dangerous and aggressive, if they have no food and are clinging to life, if they are forced into our space then it's not their fault. Rather than looking to destroy such animals, more humane alternatives should be perused.Yes, it’s so freaky-'70’s you feel "Karl Kolchak • The Night Stalker" will make a cameo appearance... ('cept for its dank n' dreary London location. ) O., Courtney (July 28, 2009). "Paramount Set for Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH". movieweb . Retrieved March 9, 2015. Herbert became inspired to write The Rats in early 1972, while watching Tod Browning's Dracula; specifically, after seeing the scene in which Renfield describes his recurring nightmare about hordes of rats. Linking the film to childhood memories he had of rats in London's East End. I saw “ The Secret Of Nimh” at a birthday sleepover party. If it was in grade 6, I was 11 years-old; sensitive enough to have compassion for sad elements and still a baby to be spooked by dark moments. It is this August that I finally read Robert C. O’Brien’s original book 38 years later. I afterwards watched my videotape with my spouse. We were touched but not blown away. It changed in fundamental ways from the storybook, which is unforgettable. We happen to be in the birthday party week-end of my 49th year, this November 2021! While Sullivan does go out of his way to emphasize that he doesn’t find rats to be cute or likable in any way, he does grudgingly respect our similarities.

This is my firsr James Herbert book. Yes I have some criticisms but to have written this as his first novel is actually outstanding, this is now one of my new favourite horror storiesFor some reason, I share Sullivan’s fascination with universally despised but fascinating creatures. (for a good example of this I highly recommend Kelsi Nagy’s wonderful book “Trash Animals”) Another man sat rigid in his seat, eyes still on the screen as though watching the film, hands clenching the seat arms. A rat sat on his lap gnawing a hole in his stomach." But it was entertaining and the rats were sweet, I've got the second in the rats story and I'll be on it soon.

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Ahoy there me mateys! Here I take a second look at a previously enjoyed novel and give me crew me second reflections, as it were, upon visitin' it again . . .

I think it was my second-grade teacher who read this to us in class, like a chapter a day, or something.If you’re doing the same at home, please imagine every time you read the word “rats” that it is delivered as it is in that song. It will make the review significantly more entertaining. By braving dark alleys late nights, Sullivan was not only able to see rats during their favorite time of the day but also to see the types of food they prefer. While rats will eat just about anything, if given a choice, which they have in any major city with restaurants, they prefer some foods over others. Yes, rats are foodies. But food is just one chapter in this detailed book, as there are also chapters on fights, exterminators, traps, and…plague. The infamous plague outbreak in San Francisco in the early 1900s is covered here (brought by ship rats), a reminder that even when the public’s health and safety is put at risk, there are always “leaders” who will put self-interest and money before everything else (cough, cough, coronavirus). Anyway, at the time I looked upon both Twinkie and Selene as adorable little comrades, much to the horror and revulsion of my mother, a woman born and bred -- not incidentally -- on the island of Manhattan. My mother was thoroughly disgusted by the idea of rats as pets, and her hatred of rodents was something I never understood, either as a naive and anthropomorphizing child, or as an annoying anti-anthrocentric teenager. "Rats are cute, mom!" I said. "Rabbits are rodents. What makes rats grosser than rabbits? It doesn't make any sense why you hate them so much!"

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