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Narration Prompt
Summarize the chapter from the loud speaker's announcement through the truck's return to the pigpen. Then name the central tension White develops between the public ceremony around Wilbur and Charlotte's private hour in the pigpen, and assess how honestly he holds the two together.
Discussion Questions
- As the loud speaker builds toward the award and the pig is being taken from the crate, the chapter cuts away to Charlotte, resting alone in the now-empty pigpen, and calls this 'her hour of triumph.' Construct an argument about what White means by giving that phrase to Charlotte at this moment. Use the details of Charlotte's scene and the public ceremony to support your reasoning.
- The announcer insists the writing came from 'supernatural forces' and that 'spiders cannot write,' while Charlotte, the true author, answers, 'Oh, they can't, can't they?' Analyze what White achieves by juxtaposing the announcer's confident voice with Charlotte's wry reply. Use the details of what each says to support your answer.
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