Book Report: Step 9

 CHARLOTTE’S WEB

I think that the relationship between the title and the content is that thanks to the Charlotte’s web they did not kill Wilbur, she saved him and that is a friendship’s bond.

Author:  E. B. White

It is a story that conveys the meaning of love, friendship and death. An unconventional story for a children's book. But the author tries to symbolize with Charlotte's death and her achievements, that everyone has a natural cycle in life. That you should not always help others to get something in return, and that someone's heart is not measured in size.

SUMMARY

Fern Arable was a girl of only 8 years, she was sad because she hears that her father was going to kill his new pet ... a pig. She promised to take care of him and that's how she saved him, so she decided to call him Wilbur.

When Wilbur becomes too big, Fern is forced to sell him to

his uncle Homer Zuckerman who has a stable full of animals. Wilbur hears that he will be killed, so he did nothing but crying and said he didn't want to die, but one Spider named Charlotte accompanied by a rat, named Templeton, decided to help him.

Charlotte decides to write words on her web like "some pig" and many more which altered people and began to love Wilbur. Charlotte accompanies Wilbur to a fair where she wins a prize, thanks to her last word on the web (“humble"). Charlotte had been very weak since she had had hundreds of children; therefore, she died; however, Wilbur picked up the eggs and took them to the stable. When all the children were born, they left less than 3 which comforted Wilbur for a long time.

THEMES

1.        Friendship and Sacrifice

2.       Mortality and Rebirth

3.       Growing Up

  MAIN CHARACTERS

-          Wilbur

-          Charlotte

-          Fern Arable

-          Homer Zuckerman

  ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Conflict:

Fern's father wanted to kill Wilbur who was his pet (a pig), but she sold it to his uncle Homer Zuckerman. Wilbur hears that he wants to kill him too, so Charlotte (a spider) decides to help him.

Climax:

Charlotte manages to help Wilbur who goes to a fair and wins a prize thanks to her. Charlotte felt sick because her babies were already born and were hundreds, so she leaves them in charge of Wilbur and time after, Charlotte dies.

Resolution:

Charlotte's death leaves Wilbur very sad, but luckily there are her children who make Wilbur happy.

 POINT OF VIEW

 I think this story is super cute because I love animals, I think this story should be a little               longer or at least say much more about Wilbur or Charlotte's children.

 QUOTE

"Wilbur didn't know what to do or which way to run. It seemed as though everybody was after him. 'If this is what it's like to be free,' he thought, 'I believe I'd rather be penned up in my own yard.'"

                                                        

                                                    By Ana Sofía Durán, Step 9