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The adults in Arthur play important roles: Mr. and Mrs. Read display a significant amount of stress from parenting, Arthur's friends' parents are shown struggling in middle-class jobs, and Mr. Ratburn endures the demands and expectations of teaching elementary school.
Arthur Timothy[2] Read is a fictional anthropomorphic aardvark created by the author Marc Brown. [3] The titular main character of the book and television series Arthur, he is in the third grade and lives in the fictional city of Elwood City with his family, which include father David, mother Jane, and sisters Dora Winifred "D.W." and Kate Read ...