1) How does the book begin? The book begins with a description of Stuart Little when he was born. Everything about him resembled a mouse, his size, his manner and even his temperature. Stuart was born to an American family, who are not mice, but they love him for who he is and his size and shape even come into handy when his mother loses her ring.2) What are the problems? Stuart’s brother George dislikes him. As too does the family cat, Snowbell, who is unable to overcome his dislike for Stuart.
Snowball and another alley cat hatch a plan to kill Stuart’s friend Margalo. Margalo hears of this from another bird and flies away.3) How do the characters begin to solve the problems? Stuart runs away from home to look for Margalo and also tells himself that he will seek his fortune. He doesn’t tell the Littles where he is going.4) What is the turning point of the story? The turning point of the story is when Stuart finds Margalo has gone and he resolves to find her. This changes his life dramatically and he ventures away from his safe home for the first time.
Stuart finds a great deal of adventure and danger.5) How is the problem finally solved? It seems that a lot of the problems in Stuart Little are not solved. He sets off on a journey to find his friend and, although he has many adventures along the way, he is never reunited with her.6) How does the story end? Stuart leaves behind the Little Family and starts a life of his own. At the very end of the book Stuart engages in a friendly discussion with a telephone repairman who suggests that he should travel north, and he drives off in his new car wearing his new clothes.
7) If you could change one thing about this story what would it be? The book ends very quickly and doesn’t seem to finish the story properly. I would have liked to have found out what happened next and would also have like to see Stuart reunited with his family. It is sad that Stuart never finds Margalo.
