In, Charlotte's web, White uses some Archetypes to create a complex, story filled with depth.
Heroes; this character is courageous, Nobel and is changed in some way by the story. I know this is not Fern because she isn't changed by the story, she ends up becoming a "normal" girl and eventually runs off with Henry Fussy, its not anyone of the barn animals, like Templeton or the goose. it could be Charlotte because she ends up doing something for herself, i guess she didn't exactly have much of a choice though. the most obvious hero would be Wilbur because when Charlotte finally dies, he actually showes some mournful feeling, and appreciation for Charlotte. it is the first time in the book he shows feeling for anyone else (except were he warms up to Charlotte and fern stops visiting the barn as often.)
Mentor; this character assists the hero in some way and expressed experience and knowledge. it seems like this character would be Charlotte's seeming as she is always teaching Wilbur new things and it sorta like a mother figure to him after Fern isn't as interested in him as she used to be. But at the same time, a less obvious Mentor would be the old lamb because he is also teaching farm life to the animals and helping Wilbur along in the story. The Dr was also a mentor in Charlotte's web, but he was also a microphone for White so, maybe that doesn't count.
Shadow; i think the Shadow in this book was death and loneliness, it was basically just hanging around every bodies head during the entire book. it created tension, and it defiantly represented the "darker side of nature"
Shape shifter; i think Templeton was the shape shifter in this book because he was always uncertain, and kept changing his mind about things like weather he wanted Wilbur to die or not. weather he cared or not about people. but a better shape shifter would probably be spring time, and the hole concept of things being born and change and life. i don't know, it all sounds very philosophical.
spring can't be uncertain or change its mind. Ms Arabel can, and Avery can.
9/26/10
9/21/10
Charlotte's web. -Connecting Annotations
What I noticed a lot in Charlotte's web, is E.B.White's constant switching from "Charlotte" to "The spider." I noticed he would use her name when she was talking, almost as if it was like a mask. In the way that, he would mask the part that Charlotte is a spider so that his reader will associate the character Charlotte as more of a personality, or human, rather than an animal. I think E.B.White does this to use Charlotte as a microphone in the book. And by making Charlotte more of a character without a face, doing so would be more discrete.
On the other hand; when Charlotte would be doing something he would mostly use "The spider" as if to paint a better picture in your head and for the reader to remind themselves she's a spider. and give the reader an image of a grey spider (Say) spinning a web.
I also noticed E.B.White did this with Templeton. when he wanted his reader to imagine Templeton as a rat, he would say "The rat". What i noticed about this was that when E.B.White wanted you to think of a rat, he would usually show rat characteristics, every time there was the word rat, there was something like a small fact about rats and what rats do. Same with Charlotte. Whenever Templeton was talking and showing emotion that showed more of what type of a person Templeton is, E.B.White would use "Templeton"
I'm guessing these are the words E.B.White wanted you to associate with
Templeton: mean, sneaky and annoying
Rats: animals that live in sewers, scavengers, hoarder's, make nests.
Charlotte: mother figure, nice, smart, pretty, a good friend
Spider: peaceful, smart, pretty, we need them to survive. They create a balance of insects.
Pig: animal on a farm.
Fern: Wilbur's first mother figure, a good fiend. lives on a farm, but doesn't always understand farm way of life.
Little girl: animal lover, raised a pig.
Going off topic, i noticed that on the summary on the back of my book said "These are the words in Charlotte's spider web, high in the barn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named
Wilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl named Fern. . .who loves Wilbur, too. Their love has been shared by millions of readers.
Two things i noticed:
1. I never knew that the spiderweb was talking about Fern as well as Wilbur. And i argue against it because it was just a scam to trick the humans.
2. The blurg says "little pig named Wilbur" and "little girl named Fern"
I see how this can be like a social status thing, but i still argue against it because Fern and Wilbur seemed to be timeless to me, and to really imagine them as "little" would be weird.
I wounder if E.B.White wrote this blurg.
On the other hand; when Charlotte would be doing something he would mostly use "The spider" as if to paint a better picture in your head and for the reader to remind themselves she's a spider. and give the reader an image of a grey spider (Say) spinning a web.
I also noticed E.B.White did this with Templeton. when he wanted his reader to imagine Templeton as a rat, he would say "The rat". What i noticed about this was that when E.B.White wanted you to think of a rat, he would usually show rat characteristics, every time there was the word rat, there was something like a small fact about rats and what rats do. Same with Charlotte. Whenever Templeton was talking and showing emotion that showed more of what type of a person Templeton is, E.B.White would use "Templeton"
I'm guessing these are the words E.B.White wanted you to associate with
Templeton: mean, sneaky and annoying
Rats: animals that live in sewers, scavengers, hoarder's, make nests.
Charlotte: mother figure, nice, smart, pretty, a good friend
Spider: peaceful, smart, pretty, we need them to survive. They create a balance of insects.
Pig: animal on a farm.
Fern: Wilbur's first mother figure, a good fiend. lives on a farm, but doesn't always understand farm way of life.
Little girl: animal lover, raised a pig.
Going off topic, i noticed that on the summary on the back of my book said "These are the words in Charlotte's spider web, high in the barn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named
Wilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl named Fern. . .who loves Wilbur, too. Their love has been shared by millions of readers.
Two things i noticed:
1. I never knew that the spiderweb was talking about Fern as well as Wilbur. And i argue against it because it was just a scam to trick the humans.
2. The blurg says "little pig named Wilbur" and "little girl named Fern"
I see how this can be like a social status thing, but i still argue against it because Fern and Wilbur seemed to be timeless to me, and to really imagine them as "little" would be weird.
I wounder if E.B.White wrote this blurg.
9/19/10
Fern's in the next room, so lets make this quick.
PUNCTUATION: One thing I've notised while reading Charlottes web, was that at the end of Fern's mother's sentences, there would always be an exclamation point when Avery is around. I also reconized, that E. B. White would have a lot of sentences ending with commas. I'm not sure if this is a writing style, or if it has a deeper meaning.
SPRING: there are a lot of things that have to do with death, and life in this book. And there are a lot of different ways to view life and death in this book.
1. theres Wilber being saved from an "untimely death"
2. there are the goslings, and the bad egg.
3. there is charlotte and her eggs
4. there is Wilber and bacon.
This books touches on different sorts of death and life. It goes into, they way people kill animals for food, and so their lifes would be easier, it goes into how sometimes things dont turn out perfectly, but that is expected (the goslings) it goes into how with death comes life and vise versa (charlotte and her eggs)
NAMES: E. B. White made the choice to give Wilber, Charlotte, and Templeton names in the book. I really like this about the book because it makes them seem more important, and more humanistic. I also liked how the people's names were related to farms and plants. (Fern)
THINGS I LIKED:
~Page 55, A spider's web is stronger than it looks. Although it is made of thin, delicate strands, the web is not easily broken.
~Page 4, Avery was ten. He was heavily armed -an air rifle in one hand, a wooden dagger in the other.
FERN AND WILBER: when i think about fern's relation ship with wilber, it seems to me like its one of those growing up things. It makes me think of how you can make friends in kindergarden, and keep them for the rest of your life, even if they don't stay as close to you as they were at the start. It makes me think of how friends come and go, and sometimes in your life, your enemies eventually become your friends.
SPRING: there are a lot of things that have to do with death, and life in this book. And there are a lot of different ways to view life and death in this book.
1. theres Wilber being saved from an "untimely death"
2. there are the goslings, and the bad egg.
3. there is charlotte and her eggs
4. there is Wilber and bacon.
This books touches on different sorts of death and life. It goes into, they way people kill animals for food, and so their lifes would be easier, it goes into how sometimes things dont turn out perfectly, but that is expected (the goslings) it goes into how with death comes life and vise versa (charlotte and her eggs)
NAMES: E. B. White made the choice to give Wilber, Charlotte, and Templeton names in the book. I really like this about the book because it makes them seem more important, and more humanistic. I also liked how the people's names were related to farms and plants. (Fern)
THINGS I LIKED:
~Page 55, A spider's web is stronger than it looks. Although it is made of thin, delicate strands, the web is not easily broken.
~Page 4, Avery was ten. He was heavily armed -an air rifle in one hand, a wooden dagger in the other.
FERN AND WILBER: when i think about fern's relation ship with wilber, it seems to me like its one of those growing up things. It makes me think of how you can make friends in kindergarden, and keep them for the rest of your life, even if they don't stay as close to you as they were at the start. It makes me think of how friends come and go, and sometimes in your life, your enemies eventually become your friends.
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