Charlottes Web by E.B. White

Introduction

The essays of E. B. White are masterfully composed. His imagery departs a grand demonstration that few writers can ever accomplish. His style flows through all of his essays and illustrates the world around him as he tells his stories. No matter what topic he writes about, his words flow smoothly to paint a scene of pictures and leave a sense of understanding. Through his imagery and style, the reader learns a unique aspect of the world.

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Charlotte's Web by E.B. White is a children's novel that tries to instill the values of friendship, loyalty and basic characteristics of humans through an adventure of farm animals. His novel was written in the beginning 1950's at the moment when the world was duplicated by the curtain in two. It is open and direct in the matters treating of the features of certain animals and their role in the company of the barn, but one cannot disconcert the praise subtle that this novel gives to the company that this novel is surrounded near (White, pp 34-117). Charlotte's Web contains the illustrated language reproducing, which implies that the company in which inside the characters of phase is beneficial and which the life of farm is relatively easy, and brings the promise of the simple but profitable life. This novel, although intended for children, carries with it a strong ideological undertone that glorifies capitalism. This is not meant to be subversive in any way but rather it is a sign of the times that the author lived in and the strong forces that drove the American society when this novel was written (Griffith, pp 21-179).

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Analysis

The author indulges the reader with abundance of images that present the reader with the notion that the life in the country is effortless and that everyone is relatively well to do. The most prominent method used is the rather descriptive manner in which Mr. White describes the vehicles that are parked in front of Mr.Zuckermans barn. The author does not describe the vehicles merely as numerous but he goes on to name nine specific makes present Fords and Chevvies and Buick road masters and GMC pickups and Plymoths and Studebakers and packards and De Sotos with gyromatic transmissions and Oldsmobiles with rocket engines and Jeep station wagons and Pontiacs (White, pp 34-117).

He also goes on to describe some of the most prominent features of these vehicles almost to the point where a reader is compelled to feel pride in the fact that one can choose between so many vehicles if one chooses. It may be argued that these descriptions are made so specific in order to indulge the imagination of a child reading this novel (Garth, pp 121-189). A valid argument can be made that Mr. White consciously or subconsciously introduced this descriptive element to praise and embellish the success of the life that he considers to be rural. One has to stress that any notions of this imagery being used ...