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Charlotte's Web Essay
Charlotte is the main character of the book Charlotte’s Web by E.B.White. Charlotte is a spider in this book. He has a friend called Wilbur. He uses his web to save his friend’s life. He is nice, talented and knowledgeable. The first trait of Charlotte is nice. In the book, he said to his friend Wilbur: “I will be a friend to you. I have watched you all day and I like you.” When everybody doesn’t like Wilbur and he was upset, Charlotte talked to him and wants to be a friend with him. He also helped him to become happy and let everybody be a friend with him. “You shall not die,” said Charlotte, briskly “What? Really?” cried Wilbur. “Who is going to save me?” “I am,” said Charlotte. When Charlotte knows that Wilbur is going to kill by a man, he chose to try his best to save him. He is a nice spider. …show more content…
Every spider has a skill that they can have food. In the book, Charlotte has a better way for him to get food quickly and completely. “He grabbed the fly, threw a few jets of silk around it, and rolled it over and over, wrapping it so that it couldn’t move.” Another way that he shows his talented is after he promise Wilbur that he is going to save him, he made amazing message on his web. “He created a message on his web: SOME PIG!” He created a world on his web that way people can understand why they not going to killed Wilbur. He uses the way to write a message on his web to show his

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