M. Daphne Kutzer, Professor of English at State University of New York at Plattsburgh and author of "Beatrix Potter: Writing in Code", observes that the social positions of Jeremy and his friends are established through the clothing they wear. Although Potter sharply critiqued the upper class elsewhere, Kutzer observes that in "Jeremy Fisher" her tone is more moderate. She suggests that Potter's relocation to Sawrey and Hill Top Farm may have produced in her a willingness "to accept the silliness of the aspiring middle class as well as the eccentricities of the upper classes".