Templeton really is the hero of the story...
mark this, he may be sneaking and evil and vicious, and everything else mentioned in my last blog post, however, I decided to play devil's advocate... and was thouroghly shocked.
I have made small annotations on parts of the text such as on pg. 72 when templeton's egg saves him Charlotte from Avery. In accordance, had charlotte been killed she would have never thought up a plan to save Wilbur. on pg. 99, templeton saves wilbur by going to look, albiet grumpily, for a word for Charlotte to use in her web. Although I haven't "re-read" it yet, I know Templeton saves Charlotte's eggs, and wakes wilbur up after his fainting escapade. strange as it is it seems Templeton switches from obvious antaganist to a hidden protaganist.
I think that, though this may sound strange, templeton fits this moral type idea, the whole cliche don't judge a book by it's cover, is partly right. though he is who he is, it's those "Bad" qualities that helped save Charlotte and wilbur many a time, according with a strange impulse of good. everyone hates the rat, on accordance with a quote on pg. 46 about Templeton, though I still think that was E.B. White breaking the communication wall, I think he's created a character we hate, but one which we don't like to hate.
even when he's not there, they're talking about him, and how he, not any of the other animals could help Wilbur and Charlotte. The fact is that without templeton the story would not and could NOT move on.
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