Archetypes Entry - Charlotte's Web.

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.

Connecting Annotations Entry - Charlotte's Web

Some of the things that I always begin to think about is the way the author of Charlotte's Web, which is E.b White, and his writing technique. The descriptions and few sentences in each and ever chapter that are supposedly randomly appearing in the book really show the theme of the book; and it gives a huge, clear picture in the brain because of the clear description directly from the book. It almost gives the reader a sense of how the author, E.b writes.
There is an example in page 25, which described the rain. "Rain fell in the barnyard and ran in crooked courses down into the lane where thistles and pigweed grew" - I loved this quote because of the different words E.B uses, such as 'lane' or 'crooked courses'. It makes the scenery you imagine turn it into a beautiful landscape.
In page 32, another interesting sentence pops up: "And when your stomach is empty and your mind is full, it's always hard to sleep". This sentence is connecting to the reader and reality. Some sentences in this book also made me think, "WOW! I DID THIS BEFORE TOO!" and "YEAH! I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND". It kind of makes me happy too, when I see something that relates to me.
In page 110, I also notice how this character, Dr.Dorian, and other characters like the old sheep in the barn talk about life, like a wise old man. This is also an author's intrusion, where Dr.Dorian explains how animals might have talked to him, and how "children pay more attention than grownups."
Lastly, in page 114, in one of the quotes I noticed personification, which actually is used mostly in poetry. "A little maple tree in the swamp heard the cricket song and turned bright red with anxiety. I was actually a bit surprised that E.B White used personification; throughout the book, I noticed how the descriptions were so poetic, but none of them have any similes, metaphors, or anything other than this one (that is, if I have not skipped one. Well, how about I say "most obvious" poetry characteristics you can find).

Responding Entry - Charlotte's Web

One thing I've noticed in Charlotte's Web (also throughtout childhood) was how the animals thought of Fern as an equal. I wonder how they began to think so? Was it also possible that it was Wilbur's influence? Or was it that the wise animals thought she wasn't like Mr. Arable (the one that was close to killing Wilbur) or Lurvy & Zuckerman.
I've also begun thinking whether the animals were jealous of Wilbur, because the animals told Wilbur that leaving the pen was his best choice. It may have been a nice idea, or an idea to remove the 'spring pig' and have Fern. In chapter 14, after Wilbur failed to be able to spin a web, Charlotte tried to cheer him up and said, "But cheer up, you don't need a web. Zuckerman supplies you with three big meals a day. Why should you worry about trapping food?". It sounded like Charlotte was jealous of Wilbur too, because Zuckerman supplies Wilbur, and doesn't even need any work put upon him. They also disliked Wilbur in the very beginning, because of his formality. It kind of makes me wonder what the animals' first impression of Wilbur was.