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Charlotte's WebThe farm is the main setting for the novel Charlotte's Web. It is there that Wilbur faces his trials and is saved by various characters. Interestingly, both of Wilbur's "saviors" are female...
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Charlotte's WebThe universal message that an author wants the reader to walk away with after reading a story is the literary element called a theme. Most often, these themes have something to do with what it...
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Charlotte's WebIn Charlotte's Web, Wilbur is a role model to children because he submerges his identity into something larger than himself. Death is a reality in Charlotte's Web. From the opening line of "Where's...
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Charlotte's WebI would argue that Wilbur is not a strong-minded pig. From the very beginning of the story, Wilbur depends on other people and animals to keep him alive, to help him find his way, and to accomplish...
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Charlotte's WebThere were many changes that happened on the farm after that miraculous morning when Lurvy saw "Some Pig" written in Charlotte's web; however, I think the three most important were that the farm...
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Charlotte's WebThe major conflict in the story Charlotte's Web is that Wilbur is to be butchered at Christmas time. When he first finds out the news, he is hysterical and the other farm animals cannot calm him...
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Charlotte's WebIn reference to E. B. White’s Charlotte’s Web, why is having a runt a disadvantage to farmers? 1 imageE. B. White's Charlotte's Web certainly does bring up the issue of raising runt pigs. When raising pigs for food or to sell as food for profit, size matters. Runts, even when fully grown, will...
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Charlotte's WebFern Arable, a little girl, saves a piglet from being killed due to his small size. She names him Wilbur. Wilbur is sold to Fern's uncle and lives on his farm. Wilbur meets a spider named...
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Charlotte's WebThere are many different human and animal characters in E.B. White's animal fable Charlotte's Web. Here is a list and short description of the characters in the novel. Wilbur- The main character...
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Charlotte's WebTechnically, the setting of the story is the author's farm. White turned his personal farm into a fictional setting for his story. We are not told a specific town or area in the story, but we are...
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Charlotte's WebAt the fair, Charlotte dies before she is able to return to the Zuckerman farm, but after laying her eggs. Wilbur convinces Templeton to hide the egg sack in his crate so that they can bring them...
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Charlotte's WebThe story opens on Arable's farm where his sow has just given birth to a litter of piglets. When Mr. Arable discovers one is a runt, he wants to kill it. His 8 year old daughter, Fern, however,...
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Charlotte's WebWhen I think of the friendships that come to mind in the book, particularly those between Wilbur and Charlotte herself, a variety of ideas about friendship come up. The first is the idea that...
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Charlotte's WebCharlotte is the spider who weaves the webs of wonder. Wilbur is the pig who befriends Charlotte. Fern is Mr. Arable's daughter and Wilbur's friend. Zuckerman is the farmer who takes care of the...
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Charlotte's WebThe lesson of loyalty is one of those lessons that all readers can take from White's story. Charlotte is loyal to Wilbur and Wilbur to Charlotte. This is a dominant characteristic of both...
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Charlotte's WebThe last way that Wilbur ever communicates with Charlotte is by giving her a wink. He does this as he is begin put into his crate to go back home from the fair. He cannot say anything to her...
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Charlotte's WebI would say that the protagonist in the story is Charlotte the spider while the antagonist is the farmer, Homer Zuckerman. The conflict between them is that Homer wants to kill Wilbur while...
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Charlotte's WebTo me, there are a couple of things that you could say she is parodying. First, the whole thing is a parody of a "fish story." Fishermen are notorious for telling tall tales about their exploits...
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Charlotte's WebMr. Zuckerman pays six dollars for Wilbur. Fern desperately wants to keep the little pig close by and begs her father to sell the pig to her Uncle Homer, who lives down the road. "Your Uncle...
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Charlotte's WebThis is a coming-of-age story (a bildingsroman) which stars Wilbur (a pig), Charlotte (a spider), and Fern (the little girl who loves Wilbur). There are a host of other animals and human...
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Charlotte's WebMr. John Arable and Mrs. Arable.
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Charlotte's WebCharlotte dies because, as another answer here mentions, her life-cycle as a spider is complete. After making her egg-sac, Charlotte's biological duty has been fulfilled, and she dies. If we...