Reread: Charlotte's Web Archetype Entry

          "Templeton grinned and lay still. 'Who made trip after trip to the dump?' he asked. 'Why, it was old Templeton! Who saved Charlotte's life by scaring that Arable boy away with a rotten goose egg? Bless my soul, I believe it was old Templeton. Who bit your tail and got you back on your feet this morning after you had fainted in front of the crowd? Old Templeton. Has it every occurred to you that I'm sick of running errands and doing favors? What do you think I am anyway, a rat-of-all-work?' Wilbur was desperate. The people were coming. And that rat was failing him. Suddenly he remembered Templeton's fondness for food." Page 168

          This paragraph shows how Templeton is the shapeshifter.  He's not always bad, but he does play a big role because he did so many things even if Wilbur had to bribe him or the old sheep had to talk some sense into him. At the end of Page 168, Wilbur bribed him and Templeton finally "bared his long ugly teeth" and saved Charlotte's daughters. Templeton did save Charlotte at last, but then he changes his side again. He eats Wilbur's food and is a lazy old rat. But there are some things that Templeton does and nobody has to bribe him or talk sense into him. On Page 159, Templeton bites Wilbur's tail, although it was good that Wilbur woke, Templeton did it for fun. He even chuckled. It's like he's evil, but sometimes he can do something for the good side if he gets something good for him. He's really selfish if he's told to do something and there's no bribe. He will not budge. This is why he is the shapeshifter.

Reread: Charlotte's Web: Connecting Annotation Entry

           "'Tell me a story. Charlotte!' said Wilbur. as he lay waiting for sleep to come. 'Tell me a story!' Page 101 ......But Wilbur was already asleep. When the song ended, Fern got up and went home. Page 104"

          A pattern I notice is that Fern keeps on popping out of nowhere. She barely does anything during the chapter and at the end of the chapter, she just leaves. She does not interact with Charlotte or Wilbur. But on the next chapter, Page 105, Fern always talks to her mother about it. Fern would just sit and listen and then she would interact a whole lot with her mother. It's showing how Fern doesn't even want to talk to Charlotte or Wilbur, but it's also a pattern that's somehow saying that Fern will grow apart soon, Fern will not take part in Wilbur's life soon. It made Fern seem far apart from the story and far apart from Wilbur and Charlotte's life. Fern was like a mysterious figure who just sat and watch. It was like she was just observing the way of animal life. It was like E.B White was using Fern as a speaker for himself because she's observing everything and it's almost like she's talking during the chapters where she's in the barn with Wilbur and Charlotte.
        
          Pages 44 to 47, Fern didn't speak the whole entire time. You would almost think that Fern was gone, but then she popped up again in the picture on Page 46. Pages 48 to 51, Fern didn't do anything except for "grow rigid on her stool" when she learned that Wilbur was going to die. It was Charlotte who offered to save him. Fern was only mentioned two times in this chapter and it surprised me because Fern was still mentioned even though Charlotte was supposed to be focus. Fern still pops out of nowhere and she is only there to listen to a conversation that she is not even in. She really did grow apart and nothing can change that.

Reread: Charlotte's Web Expanding Entry

"Fern loved Wilbur more than anything. She loved to stroke him, to feed him, to put him to bed..." Page 8

          This line really shows how Fern used to really love Wilbur and would constantly think about him. Fern showered Wilbur with love. E.B White is giving us just a glimpse of how Fern reacted when she first met Wilbur, but of course, it won't last forever. At the end of Chapter 2, Page 12, Fern didn't argue as much as she did when her dad was going to kill Wilbur. Fern let go of Wilbur and that was already a sign that Fern was going out of focus.  On Chapter 3, it mainly focuses on Wilbur's new life at the barn and the new animals there. Fern and Wilbur are really separated when Wilbur moves into the barn because they can't do anything together. Fern just sat there watching all the animals and Wilbur and not talking. On Page 46, there is a picture of the geese, Templeton, and Charlotte. But Fern is sitting in the corner and that's another sign that E.B White is giving us that Fern is growing up. It seems like Fern would never "stroke" or "feed" him much less play with him. In that picture, there is also Wilbur behind the fence and far away from everyone else. It's like the drawing is telling us that there is a line between Fern and Wilbur's relationship now. I have a feeling that Charlotte has replaced Fern. Charlotte cares so much more about Wilbur than Fern does and she's even willing to save him. Sometimes Charlotte teaches him words, too.

"Fern liked to sit nearby and watch. One afternoon she heard a most interesting conversation and witnessed a strange event." Page 55

          Fern only watched Charlotte and Wilbur. They never all actually talked and played. This shows how Fern is so distant from Wilbur. Fern never joins their conversations. On Page 71, Fern said she was going to visit Wilbur, but it mainly focused on Avery almost knocking out the spider web and the spider itself. But, Fern by not doing anything did bring Charlotte and Wilbur closer. On the cover of the book, Wilbur and Fern are looking up to Charlotte. Wilbur got his mind off of Fern and being lonely by spending time with Charlotte. Both of them became a team and that's what matters.