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Narration Prompt
Summarize the chapter's movement from Templeton's evening foray to Wilbur's sleep. Then name the central tension White develops between the Fair's loud public reward and Charlotte's quiet, private labor and dying, and assess how honestly he holds the two together.
Discussion Questions
- Charlotte cannot read the clipping Templeton brings; once it is read aloud she hears 'humble' and instantly declares it 'Wilbur all over,' glossing its two senses. Construct an argument about what her immediate recognition of the word's fitness reveals about the standard by which she measures Wilbur. Use Charlotte's own words about 'humble' to support your reasoning.
- The book's master wordsmith ends her web-writing not by selecting a word but by accepting, sight unseen, whatever Templeton happens to bring. Make a claim about whether 'humble,' a word Charlotte neither chose nor could read, is a fitting or a diminished climax to her work as an author, then answer the strongest objection to your claim. Use details from this chapter to support your reasoning.
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