Peter Character Analysis in My Family and Other Animals

Peter is a young man whom Mother engages to tutor Gerry. Though he's exacting at first, the culture of the island soon takes effect and he becomes much more reasonable and pleasant. Gerry observes that both Peter and Margo become suddenly and inexplicably interested in botany as evidenced by their walks in the garden together, but it soon becomes clear that Peter and Margo are involved romantically. When the rest of the family decides that they don't want to be related to Peter by marriage, Mother fires him.

Peter Quotes in My Family and Other Animals

The My Family and Other Animals quotes below are all either spoken by Peter or refer to Peter. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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With the summer came Peter to tutor me, a tall, handsome young man, fresh from Oxford, with decided ideas on education which I found rather trying to begin with. But gradually the atmosphere of the island worked its way insidiously under his skin, and he relaxed and became quite human.

Related Characters: Gerry Durrell (speaker), Peter

Page Number and Citation: 125

Explanation and Analysis:

Gerry describes the young man that Mother hires to tutor him after George departs the island. Most importantly, Gerry insists here that the general feel and culture of the island isn't something that someone can escape; it affects everyone and draws them into the relaxed culture of ridiculousness and absurdity. Notably, the fact that Gerry identifies this shift in Peter suggests that Gerry himself has, by this point, fully accepted the atmosphere of Corfu as right, normal, and the way things are. When Gerry finds Peter uptight and difficult at first, it shows that Gerry finds English culture in general Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusant

While I was at work on my masterpiece...Peter and Margo would take a stroll in the sunken garden to look at the flowers. To my surprise, they had both suddenly become very botanically minded.

Related Characters: Gerry Durrell (speaker), Margo Durrell, Peter

Page Number and Citation: 125

Explanation and Analysis:

Peter allows Gerry to write a book in order to learn English and he begins taking walks with Margo while Gerry writes. Gerry's narration in this passage makes it very clear just how young, naïve, and interested in the natural sciences he is. It seems to not occur to him that Peter and Margo may have other reasons for walking in the garden aside from studying the flowers. The fact that Peter and Margo's relationship is fairly clearly a romantic one, and that this appears to go right over Gerry's head, shows too that he has not yet come of Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas

Peter Character Timeline in My Family and Other Animals

The timeline below shows where the character Peter appears in My Family and Other Animals. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Childhood, Adulthood, and Education Theme Icon

...with fruit, butterflies lay eggs, and tree frogs sing as evening falls. A man named Peter arrives to tutor Gerry. He's difficult at first but after a few weeks, the island... (full context)

Friendship and the Care of Animals Theme Icon

Peter offers to show Gerry how to properly preserve animals if he can find another specimen,... (full context)

Larry, Peter, Margo, Leslie, Gerry, and Roger begin taking the family boat, the Sea Cow, down to... (full context)

Margo, Peter, Larry, and Leslie carry the Bootle-Bumtrinket to the jetty, where Gerry and Mother open a... (full context)

When fall arrives, Gerry is delighted that Peter isn't doing much tutoring. Mother insists that Peter and Margo are much too fond of... (full context)

...go off. Mother fears that Margo committed suicide, while Margo believes that Leslie is murdering Peter. In the ensuing melee, Widdle and Puke tug on Mother's nightgown, Larry yells about being... (full context)

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Peter Character Timeline in My Family and Other Animals