Charlotte is no doubt the mentor in this book. She assists Wilbur ( saving his life), teaches Wilbur, and gives wise advice to Wilbur in his time of struggle. For example: writing the words in the web, teaching him new words and about the body of a spider, and helping him get over the fact that Zucherman might kill him. All this fits the definition of a mentor. Wilbur ( our hero) couldn't succeed or even live if it wasn't for Charlotte. Charlotte guided him her whole life just to let Wilbur live his life. Her life, was helping his life.
When Charlotte wrote the words in her web, like: "some pig", "radiant", "humble", and "terrific" it symbolized her wisdom and knowledge. When Wilbur was stressed of being killed Charlotte helped him, and set an example for him to know what to do if she wasn't there. For example, she's not always gonna be there to tell him what he can and can't do. Like when he tried to spin a web, she let him try and try and helped him realize that he can't do everything other creatures can do. She basically saved him from a life of hurting himself.
Charlotte was definitely on a task. Her task was to save Wilbur and that task was her life. That task was her meaning. Her task of helping Wilbur is also to be a mentor. She knew she was gonna die soon when she met Wilbur, so she did all she could to help him. I'm not quite sure when she was born, but it must have been pretty recent to when she met Wilbur. The point is that the wisdom, the knowledge, and her over all task of saving Wilbur makes her the mentor of this book.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Charlotte's Web Entry 9/23/10
Annotation: pg. 184 " Usually in a paragraph in this style E.B White would use words like "the spider" and "the pig" but it's not about a pig and a spider. It's about Charlotte and Wilbur."
Throughout the book I noted when E.B White uses the names of the animals to narrate them through the story and why he's using it. I noticed that he has styles to his paragraphs and when I read the last paragraph of the book I noticed he used the style where he would normally write something like "The pig loved that spider", but no. He didn't use that. He used their real names, because I think he's trying to get across that it doesn't matter what they are, but who they are. They matter too. And they love too.
Time and time again the people in the book think that the web is a miracle, and give no credit to Charlotte. They only give credit to Wilbur and Mr. Zucherman. But Charlotte didn't care. She knew that she did it and that was all she needed. In the real world people always want to take credit for the amazing stuff they did. But Charlotte didn't care. She didn't care who she was. She didn't care who they thought made the web. It was her. It wasn't a spider. It was her.
And with Wilbur, sure he liked the attention. Sure, he thought he was radiant, terrific and humble. But he didn't think of himself as a radiant, terrific, humble, "pig". He was just like everyone else in his mind. And that's what E.B White is trying to tell the reader. He's trying to explain to us through his Author's Intrusion's, character's voices, character's minds, and character's actions that these characters matter just as much as everything else in the world. If we were people in the book we wouldn't be able to hear them and know their experience. We would think, "they're a pig and a spider. So what?". He's trying to tell us that animals have feelings too, and we shouldn't think differently of them.
Throughout the book I noted when E.B White uses the names of the animals to narrate them through the story and why he's using it. I noticed that he has styles to his paragraphs and when I read the last paragraph of the book I noticed he used the style where he would normally write something like "The pig loved that spider", but no. He didn't use that. He used their real names, because I think he's trying to get across that it doesn't matter what they are, but who they are. They matter too. And they love too.
Time and time again the people in the book think that the web is a miracle, and give no credit to Charlotte. They only give credit to Wilbur and Mr. Zucherman. But Charlotte didn't care. She knew that she did it and that was all she needed. In the real world people always want to take credit for the amazing stuff they did. But Charlotte didn't care. She didn't care who she was. She didn't care who they thought made the web. It was her. It wasn't a spider. It was her.
And with Wilbur, sure he liked the attention. Sure, he thought he was radiant, terrific and humble. But he didn't think of himself as a radiant, terrific, humble, "pig". He was just like everyone else in his mind. And that's what E.B White is trying to tell the reader. He's trying to explain to us through his Author's Intrusion's, character's voices, character's minds, and character's actions that these characters matter just as much as everything else in the world. If we were people in the book we wouldn't be able to hear them and know their experience. We would think, "they're a pig and a spider. So what?". He's trying to tell us that animals have feelings too, and we shouldn't think differently of them.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Charlotte's Web Entry 9/19/10
Annotation: pg.80 "So a floating man in the sky is possible but a talking animal isn't."
My annotation is about why people don't find god making miracles ridiculous, but they do with talking animals. When Fern told her mother this whole story about talking animals in the barn, she thought her daughter was going crazy, but when the words in the web showed up, all of a sudden it becomes a miracle. She completely forgot about what Fern said, which makes complete sense. Is it because she's a child, or is it because people are afraid of the truth.
In the real world, I admit I wouldn't believe Fern either at first, but I do believe in looking into it and thinking it's a possibility. The public would probably act the same way as in the book. IT'S A MIRACLE! But if you think about it, they're just a afraid of anything that will change what they believe. They want it to be a miracle. They don't want talking animals. If animals started talking out of the blue, religions will change and the world will change. People don't like change. They just don't know it.
In the book every time the web says something about Wilbur, the crowd suddenly realizes Wilbur is terrific, radiant, or "Some Pig". They want to believe what god believes. They couldn't say that about Wilbur before the web. If Charlotte didn't write it Wilbur would be bacon right now. My point is that many people wouldn't want to change their beliefs of eating pigs if they knew they it was just a spider writing it. Maybe they would, I don't know. But I do know is people don't like change and try to deny change.
My annotation is about why people don't find god making miracles ridiculous, but they do with talking animals. When Fern told her mother this whole story about talking animals in the barn, she thought her daughter was going crazy, but when the words in the web showed up, all of a sudden it becomes a miracle. She completely forgot about what Fern said, which makes complete sense. Is it because she's a child, or is it because people are afraid of the truth.
In the real world, I admit I wouldn't believe Fern either at first, but I do believe in looking into it and thinking it's a possibility. The public would probably act the same way as in the book. IT'S A MIRACLE! But if you think about it, they're just a afraid of anything that will change what they believe. They want it to be a miracle. They don't want talking animals. If animals started talking out of the blue, religions will change and the world will change. People don't like change. They just don't know it.
In the book every time the web says something about Wilbur, the crowd suddenly realizes Wilbur is terrific, radiant, or "Some Pig". They want to believe what god believes. They couldn't say that about Wilbur before the web. If Charlotte didn't write it Wilbur would be bacon right now. My point is that many people wouldn't want to change their beliefs of eating pigs if they knew they it was just a spider writing it. Maybe they would, I don't know. But I do know is people don't like change and try to deny change.
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