http://www.niemanstoryboard.org/2013/02/26/whys-this-so-good-no-72-e-b-white-and-the-sick-pig/
Another note on the story, and its tie-in to CHARLOTTE'S WEB (or not):
Since E. B. White published Death of a Pig in 1948,[5] an account of how he failed to save a sick pig (which had been bought in order to be fattened up and butchered), Charlotte’s Web can be seen as White attempting "to save his pig in retrospect."[6] However, White's overall motivation for the book has not been revealed and he has written, "I haven't told why I wrote the book, but I haven't told you why I sneeze, either. A book is a sneeze."[7]
Another note on the story, and its tie-in to CHARLOTTE'S WEB (or not):
Since E. B. White published Death of a Pig in 1948,[5] an account of how he failed to save a sick pig (which had been bought in order to be fattened up and butchered), Charlotte’s Web can be seen as White attempting "to save his pig in retrospect."[6] However, White's overall motivation for the book has not been revealed and he has written, "I haven't told why I wrote the book, but I haven't told you why I sneeze, either. A book is a sneeze."[7]
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