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A Day No Pigs Would Die and Charlotte’s Web both feature a child protagonist who develops a close relationship with a baby pig. This common factor that comprises the narrative plot makes the reader wonder whether the pig will survive its fate of ending up at the butcher’s store. The final outcomes are different: Pinky in A Day No Pigs Would Die is not redeemed from her fate of becoming “smoked bacon and ham” while Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web outlives Charlotte to welcome her descendents every spring. The different fate of the two pigs derives from the disparity in the growth of the child protagonist. When Robert in A Day No Pigs Would Die becomes a man, he comes to accept his father’s notion of pig as meat provider. On the other hand, Fern in Charlotte’s Web saves Wilbur from her father’s axe and raises him, but becomes estranged from the pig (and other animals in the barn) after she becomes attached to Henry. Instead, it is Charlotte the spider that protects Wilbur from the butcher’s knife. If Charlotte’s Web explories the fantastic realities of animal life, A Day No Pigs Would Die remains realistic to the end and focuses on the growth of Robert who becomes the responsible head of his family and farm. Significantly, A Day No Pigs Would Die vividly dramatizes a boy’s intense struggle against his duty of slaughtering his beloved animal friend, and, in the course of the dramatization, successfully portrays animal reality that humans do not see. The paper ultimately shows how teaching A Day No Pigs Would Die and Charlotte’s Web can encourage students to imaginatively engage and appreciate the world of animals.
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child, animal, meat, reality, homopocentricism, children’s literature, phantasy, growth
