In Charlotte's Web, I notice how the journey that the main characters take is a Loss of Innocence. Wilbur, who is although the spotlight of the story, isn't much of a Hero OR Protagonist (notice how I capitalize it?) character. He shows almost no courage, nor ANY self sacrifice at all (his most outraging quotes to me in page 180: "You can't all go. I would be left alone, with no friends. Your mother wouldn't want that to happen, I'm sure"). Like, yeah, I know you're like, best friends with Charlotte, but having her children forced to be with him forever is such selfish attitude, with so much bias. He acts like a dictator, claiming this and his formality. This is what I hate about Wilbur. Most importantly, he's all grown up!
Second off, my favorite archetype is the Mentor, which is obviously Charlotte. She's extremely calm, and is incredibly smart. To be honest, I wanted to be like her, although considering the fact that she's a spider. She also supports Wilbur by preventing him to be killed, as it shows on page 78, 95, and 141. Charlotte is a truly nice ... thing, compared to ... erm, Wilbur.
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