Comparing Charlotte's Web And Charlotte's Suitcase: A True Tale

Children´s stories are an extremely rewarding form of literature, which shouldn’t be underestimate, given that on top of being vastly entertaining, they teach valuable life lessons. Undoubtedly, children are more aware of their surrounding than adults; yet, their view of it remains simultaneously unfeigned. As a result, children’s literature can also help it reader, whether young or old, to understand the world better through a child’s perspective. Both Charlotte’s Web, and Hana´s Suitcase: A True Story, are children’s books that challenge adults’ traditional perspectives of the world, by means of innocent and compelling characters; hence, these two stories are a perfect examples of how children´s literature can provide both pleasure and understanding.

This particular form of narration serves to create a lot of amusing situations, as well as an innocent, almost child-like perspective of the story’s events. More importantly however, Charlotte’s Web is a story with important embedded life messages, such as that of the value of nature and friendship. In addition to the animals in the story, a child’s perception of the world is also conveyed through one of the main characters in the story, Fern; a girl with the ability to talk to animals, and the main character’s (Wilbur) initial owner. This particular character is imperative to the story and it’s targeted audience, since she is the main representative of children in the story. As a result, young readers can often identify themselves with Fern’s, particularly, with her connection and genuine love for animals, whilst being enticed by the idea of being able to communicate with