 Kutzer attributes some of the tale 's anxiety to Potter 's own unhappiness over her fame as a writer and the intrusiveness of visitors at Hill Top who assumed a presumptuous familiarity with the author or regarded her as nothing more than an exhibit for the tourist to take in . Potter was proprietary over Hill Top and jealously guarded it to and for herself and some of this jealousy is projected onto Mrs. Tittlemouse 's anxiety about the sanctity of her home . She is not a recluse – she invites her friends to a party – but like Potter she needs to be in complete control . 
