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Narration Prompt
Trace the chapter's movement in sequence, from Wilbur's winter guardianship of the egg sac to Charlotte's daughters settling in the doorway and the years that follow. When you reach the babies' departure and the three who stay, slow down and articulate the significance of each.
Discussion Questions
- As the babies balloon away, Wilbur feels 'deserted,' while one aeronaut announces, 'This is our moment for setting forth.' Make an argument about why White renders the very same event as an ending for Wilbur and a beginning for the young spiders, and what that double meaning asks the reader to hold. Use the details of what Wilbur and the spiders say to defend your claim.
- The departing spider frames leaving as freedom and calling, 'We take to the breeze, we go as we please,' rather than as loss. What vision of growing up and leaving home is White advancing through the aeronaut's language, and why do you find it persuasive or not? Use the details of what the spider says to explain your thinking.
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