Charlotte's Web had never amazed me. In fact I, along with my peers, was a bit skeptical when I first learned that we were reading. I didn't think a childrens book could impress me. Or even move me. But it wasn't until I was crying, morning the death of Charlotte when I got it. And it had been staring me in the face.
This didn't take any great analizing. I was over thinking it, because it was until then that I relized.
Charlotte's a spider. I was crying over a spider. A spider is an Arachnid, they have eight legs, most are poisonous, and all but the daddy long-legs bite.But there I was sad about the fact that Charlotte had died all alone. Maybe that's E.B. Whites talent. The reason his books are known and renowned he can spin a web with his words. You don't doubt for a second that a spider can write with her thread. Or that Wilbur can speak, or even that Fern can hear and understand them.
But it was because I never thought of them as animals, in my mind they were people. And they are people, a person isn't a human necessarily, it could be anything, cat, dog, spider. It doesn't matter. In the great words of Horton, "a persons a person no matter how small."
I felt you. I was able to in the 1st paragraph. Great Job! You used vocabs that aren't so kiddish, and you made the book sound likes its a grown up book that really affects you and what you feel. Yeah and i totally agree, when i was reading this book, i forgot that they were animals... unless it said something like "blah blah blah" said the (animal).
ReplyDeleteI really like your first paragraph, you started it off really well. It lead perfectly into what you were saying in a way that was interesting to read. nice job!
ReplyDeleteI loved how you put your actual emotions and feelings into the entry and I totally agree with them. I also loved the quote at the end, it really wraps the whole thing up
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