What does it mean to be accepted? Acceptance plays a big role in our everyday lives. It gives us motivation and helps increase our self-esteem. It’s also provides a sense of belonging and a no judgement zone if mistakes are made which decreases the anxiety one might have. Everyone has a purpose in life and fitting in somewhere helps you identify what that purpose is. In the novel Charlottes’ Web acceptance was one of the major themes in the book. It happened throughout the entire book starting with the birth of Wilbur and Fern trying to beg her father not to kill the runty pig. “If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?” (3) He accepted her argument and spared the pigs life. So although as a farmer he had his tradition of what farmers do to pigs that small? He put it aside for his daughter. Sometimes in order to accept things or people you have to …show more content…
But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, and bloodthirsty- everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her?” (41) This part of the novel stood out to me because it is so relatable to what “we” as people do now. There are people that I run across in my everyday life and I judge them before I take the time to get to know them whether it’s what someone has told me or the way they look, speak etc…It has opened my eyes to notice my flaws and the judgements I place upon people and I don’t know them from a can of paint. Charlotte took it upon herself to accept the responsibility of coming up with a plan to save Wilbur’s life and she didn’t have to. She saw a friend in need and she wanted to help which is what real friends do. In the novel Charlotte was able to tell Wilbur to stop crying and whining so much in a way that Wilbur could accept which the other animals couldn’t. When you feel someone has your best interest at heart and values that friendship it makes it easier to accept when they give you advice or tell you when you’re