movie analysis

2. CHARLOTTE
 A Spider
 Charlotte is cool and collected.
 She is practical, beautiful and skilled.

3. TEMPLETON
 Templeton is the rat that lives under Wilbur's trough.
 Crafty and selfish, he collects and stores bizarre odds
and ends and is happy to dig a tunnel to Wilbur's
trough and eat his food but never offers to give
anything in return.

4. LAMB
 The young and insensitive lamb refuses to play with
Wilbur when he's lonely
 Completely sure of himself, the lamb thinks he knows
better than Wilbur

5. GOOSE
 This stuttering goose likes giving instructions and is a
bit of a trouble maker.
 She is an attentive mother however and is keen to
protect her eggs from the harsh weather.
 She is suspicious of Templeton

6. MR. ARABLE
 Fern’s Dad
 He is a practical man who has lost any sentimental
feelings for the animals he keeps

7. FERN
 Fern is completely loving and, at the beginning of the
novel, totally innocent.
 She is a moralist who saves Wilbur's life by arguing
with her father that a small piglet has just as much
right to live a large piglet.
 Enjoys listening to Charlotte's stories and spending
time with the animals

8. WILBUR
 Sensitive and vulnerable, Wilbur is born a runt
 When he is then taken from Fern, he is very lonely
until he finds love when he meets Charlotte.

9. MR. ZUCKERMAN
 Mr Zuckerman is Fern's uncle.
 The owner of a large farm down the road from the
Arable's.
 Mr Zuckerman raises pigs and buys Wilbur for six
dollars.