many students starting at a new school fear that they are unable to create new friendships, or constantly feel bored because they do not have their friends that they are used to playing with. this aspect can also be related to the movie and franklin's sister harriet. although harriet had not started school yet, she was going through an emotional time knowing that her friend was starting school and not able to play with her during the day anymore. harriet was quickly able recover from this by being introduced to beaver's little brother kit. she was still a little frustrated because their personalities did not match at first, however, they were quickly able to recover from this rough beginning to their friendship.