Week3

•  See the Movie Charlotte's Web

• Charlotte's Web 
  Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published in October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as "Some Pig") in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live.
  
  
• Wilbur 
  A rambunctious pig, the runt of his litter. He is often strongly emotional.

• Charlotte A. CavaticaCharlotte A. Cavatica, or simply Charlotte, is a spider who befriends Wilbur. In some passages she is the heroine of the story.

• Fern Arable
  John's daughter, who adopts Wilbur in his infancy, and later visits him. She is the only human in the story capable of understanding nonhuman conversation.

• Templeton 
  A rat who helps Charlotte and Wilbur only when offered food. He serves as a somewhat caustic, self-serving comic relief to the plot.

• Homer Zuckerman Fern’s uncle who keeps Wilbur in his barn. He has a wife, Edith, and an assistant named Lurvy.

• Other animals in Zuckerman’s barn, with whom Wilbur converses, are a disdainful lamb, a talkative goose, and an intelligent "old sheep".

• Dr. Dorian  
  The family physician/psychologist consulted by Fern's mother, and something of a wise old man character.

• Uncle 
  A large pig whom Charlotte disdains for coarse manners and Wilbur’s rival at the fair.