Wilbur is a piglet saved from slaughter by a young girl named Fern. When Fern can no longer care for Wilbur, he is sent to a farm to be raised for food. There he meets Charlotte, a spider, who vows to save Wilbur from his fate. Through Charlotte's plans and her words written in her web, Wilbur's life is spared. Their story depicts themes of friendship, loyalty, and farm life. Both Wilbur and Charlotte develop throughout the story - Wilbur from a helpless piglet to a protector, and Charlotte as a loyal friend who sacrifices to save Wilbur despite nearing the end of her own life.
Wilbur is a piglet saved from slaughter by a young girl named Fern. When Fern can no longer care for Wilbur, he is sent to a farm to be raised for food. There he meets Charlotte, a spider, who vows to save Wilbur from his fate. Through Charlotte's plans and her words written in her web, Wilbur's life is spared. Their story depicts themes of friendship, loyalty, and farm life. Both Wilbur and Charlotte develop throughout the story - Wilbur from a helpless piglet to a protector, and Charlotte as a loyal friend who sacrifices to save Wilbur despite nearing the end of her own life.
Wilbur is a piglet saved from slaughter by a young girl named Fern. When Fern can no longer care for Wilbur, he is sent to a farm to be raised for food. There he meets Charlotte, a spider, who vows to save Wilbur from his fate. Through Charlotte's plans and her words written in her web, Wilbur's life is spared. Their story depicts themes of friendship, loyalty, and farm life. Both Wilbur and Charlotte develop throughout the story - Wilbur from a helpless piglet to a protector, and Charlotte as a loyal friend who sacrifices to save Wilbur despite nearing the end of her own life.
Wilbur is a piglet saved from slaughter by a young girl named Fern. When Fern can no longer care for Wilbur, he is sent to a farm to be raised for food. There he meets Charlotte, a spider, who vows to save Wilbur from his fate. Through Charlotte's plans and her words written in her web, Wilbur's life is spared. Their story depicts themes of friendship, loyalty, and farm life. Both Wilbur and Charlotte develop throughout the story - Wilbur from a helpless piglet to a protector, and Charlotte as a loyal friend who sacrifices to save Wilbur despite nearing the end of her own life.
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“Charlotte’s web”
E. B. White
Prepared by Dasha Servatynska Charlotte’s web is a book written by the author White E.B. and was initially printed in 1952.
Charlotte’s web is regarded as the best of children’s writing.
The book gives a story of a spider by the name
Charlotte and her acquaintance with Wilbur, the piglet. The story rotates around Wilbur’s rescue from being killed for food by Charlotte. This work will focus on two characters in the story, that is, Wilbur and Charlotte . It will determine their overall purpose in the story, their impact on the themes and any development that takes place in these two characters over the course of the narrative. Wilbur is the favorite piglet of Fern Arable, a young girl. He is to be killed by John, Fern’s father, on the morning after his birth. He is extremely small in size at the time of his birth. Fern persuades her father to permit her to take care of Wilbur for a period of six weeks.
Wilbur survives and grows into a mature pig. Fern is now obliged to take Wilbur to the Zuckerman’s homestead, where he is to be prepared for a feast. Isolation looms around Wilbur’s life. In the process of losing hope, Wilbur is noticed by a remarkably expressive spider, Charlotte. Charlotte’s voice surfaces from the shadows asking Wilbur whether he wants a friend.
The author of this novel refers this as a story of friendship and
rescue in the farm. Wilbur accepts this friendship and becomes Charlotte’s best friend. Wilbur’s character changes throughout the story. This is seen in the fact that he changes from a minute weak and helpless piglet that is reliant on the assistance and protection of others. He grows from this to a mature character capable of taking on the accountability to protect others.
This is seen where he pays Charlotte back for her assistance by looking after her children. Wilbur also portrays the theme of farm life. He is going to be killed simply because he is a rant. By using Wilbur, E.B.White shows that farm animals are brought up for food and other products. The fact that Wilbur goes for fairs also shows that many farmers keep animals and display them at county exhibitions. Wilbur and the other animals in the play are exemplified throughout the amusing, touching and appealing barnyard setting of the novel. Charlotte’s key purpose in the story is to save and shield Wilbur from being slaughtered. He takes care of Wilbur throughout the story. Charlotte plays a role in enhancing the theme of friendship in this novel. She works hard to rescue Wilbur’s life.
Friendship in this book is depicted as a
matter of listening, acting in response, encouraging and offering assistance while staying true to one self. Charlotte develops the theme of loyalty in the novel. She struggles to save Wilbur from murder because she cares for him. Even when she is worn out and nearing the termination of her life, she is still contemplating on helping Wilbur.
Wilbur has an impact on themes such as friendship, farm
life and natural cycle of life and death while Charlotte’s impact is seen in Friendship and Loyalty. The language used, the style, and the plots in this book are very humorous that I find it so impressive. The author, E. B. White, excels in creating animal characters that can talk and feel normally like humans as a simple farm was depicted as a lively family.
