Charlotte's Web (Book)
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| Author | E. B. White |
| Illustrator | Garth Williams |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers; New York : Scholastic, Inc. |
| Original run | October 15, 1952 |
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Written by Elwyn Brooks White and illustrated by Garth Williams back in 1952, Charlotte's Web is considered by many to be a classic piece of American literature. The book features heavy themes of death, change, and innocence throughout the story. The story follows the runt of a litter of piglets, Wilbur, who is saved by a young Fern. She nurtures Wilbur like a pet until he becomes too big to keep anymore and is eventually sent to her uncle, Mr. Zuckerman's farm. Yearning for companionship, Wilbur attempts to befriend the other animals who all spurn him save for a barn spider named Charlotte. Upon learning of Wilbur is being raised for slaughter, Charlotte concocts a plan to save Wilbur by making him, and the barn, famous.
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Chapter XVI: Off to the Fair - Page 118
On the night of the fair, everyone had gone to sleep early and began to dream. Mr. Zuckerman dreams that Wilbur had grown until he was enormous and won so many ribbons that one was even adorned to his tail.
Chapter XIX: The Egg Sac - Page 147:
As Charlotte and Wilbur are studying her dew-covered web in the moonlight, Templeton comes in and drags himself into a corner. He appears bloated from eating leftover fair food and is described as being "as round as a jelly jar."
Chapter XXI: Last Day - Page 169
As Charlotte is dying and the people are preparing to move Wilbur, Templeton refuses to help move Charlotte's egg sac. So, Wilbur bribes the rat with first pickings from his food trough from now on if he climbs up and releases the eggs. As he climbs, it's shown that he has barely lost any weight since the last illustration of him.
Chapter XXII: A Warm Wind - Page 175
Making good on his promise, Wilbur lets Templeton eat as much as he wants from his trough from then on. Due to his overeating, Templeton is shown to have grown bigger and fatter than any other rat. He had gotten so big that he could easily be mistaken for a young woodchuck.
