Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

by

Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Symbols

The Home

Miss Peregrine’s home symbolizes the conflict between protection of the peculiar children (especially from outside threats) and excessive restriction. Initially, when Jacob arrives at Miss Peregrine’s home (in the 1940s) and sees all the…

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Pictures

Pictures represent Jacob’s connection (or lack of connection) to the past. Abe initially shows Jacob photos of the kids at Miss Peregrine’s as a way of connecting Jacob with Abe’s own childhood (particularly…

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