![]() From the very day of his birth, Fern’s father declares Wilbur unfit to live due to his small stature and sickliness. Charlotte’s Web, in telling the story of Wilbur, the pig, illustrates the theme of discrimination, as depicted in the life and activities of Wilbur. While Charlotte’s Web is a fictional account, Lincoln: a Photobiography is a factual account of the life of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the US. Pictures give a story an extra angle of believability and are an important addition to the words of the text. Using pictures to augment the writings, the book traces the life of Lincoln from childhood to his eventual rise to the pinnacle of US politics – the US presidency. ![]() ![]() Russell Freedman’s picture book Lincoln: a Photobiography tells the story of the life and times of America’s 16 th President, Abraham Lincoln. Wilbur, the piglet, thus survives and lives an adventurous life, later being sold to the Zuckermans, on whose firm he develops a friendship with a spider named Charlotte, who saves the life of Wilbur again when the owner tries to slaughter him over the Christmas season. ![]()
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