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.
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