Directions: Read the Text Excerpts from Charlotte S Web Below and Use the Handout They
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Point Of View Directions: Read the text excerpts from Charlotte’s Web below and use the handout “They Said What?!” to help determine what the point of view of each character is. Write in the boxes below why you think each character has that point of view. If possible, support your answer with text-based evidence. 1. Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. “Don’t yell, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.”
Why did Mrs. Arable say this?
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2. “Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!”
Why did Mr. Arable say this?
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___ 3. “Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!” “But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?” Mr. Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with love. “But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.” “I see no difference,” replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. “This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of.”
Why did Fern say this?
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Point Of View – Answer Key Directions: Read the text excerpts from Charlotte’s Web below and use the handout “They Said What?!” to help determine what the point of view of each character is. Write in the boxes below why you think the characters have that point of view. If possible, support your answer with text-based evidence. 1. Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. “Don’t yell, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.”
Why did Mrs. Arable say this?
Mrs. Arable said this because she is trying to make Fern see the logic in Mr. Arable’s
decision to kill the pig. The pig is too small and too weak to live.
2. “Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!”
Why did Mr. Arable say this?
Mr. Arable says this because he knows that raising animals is difficult to do, especially
animals that need a lot of extra attention because they are sick, small or weak.
3. “Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!” “But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?” Mr. Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with love. “But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.” “I see no difference,” replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. “This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of.”
Why did Fern say this?
Fern says this to Mr. Arable because she thinks anything that is living and small deserves
to live, whether it be a pig or a little girl.