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Friday, September 20, 2013

[Review] Charlotte's Web by E.B. White


Title: Charlotte’s Web
Author: E.B. White
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2003
Pages: 184p
ISBN: 0-06-440055-7

Charlotte’s web was the first fable book I ever read. For some reason, I just can’t imagine how animals talk to each other, so I thought this kind of book would give me nothing to learn, and I just found myself making another mistake for judging something before even trying it. 

This story began when Fern convince her father not to kill a new born pig. For Mr. Arable, the pig looked like a runt, so it was worthless. But fern insisted to give the pig a chance to live. She said that the pig couldn’t help being born small, so it’s unfair to cut his life so early. Finally, her parents gave the pig to her and she raised him in the bottle and called him Wilbur. Every day after school, Fern played with Wilbur, took him for a walk and fed him. But when Wilbur grew big and bigger, Mr. Arable asked fern to sell Wilbur to his uncle Mr. Zuckerman. The only reason Fern was agreed is she can visit him anytime she want because the Zuckerman’s barn can be reached on foot.