text: By making the hero of the tale a disobedient and rebellious little rabbit , Potter subverted her era 's definition of the good child and the literary hero genre which typically followed the adventures of a brave , resourceful , young white male .
simplified: At that time , the traditional literary hero was usually a brave , clever , young white male . Yet Peter Rabbit , the hero of The Tale of Peter Rabbit , was a disobedient little rabbit .