The Role Of Human Instinct In Templeton's Selfishness '

Although, White used characters such as, Fern and Charlotte to represent the good human instincts like protective and maternal but there are also bad instincts represented like selfishness by Templeton. Throughout, the novel Templeton plays that rough, anti-social character who is only thinking about how to take care of himself. Templeton is the perfect example of selfishness as a human instinct; he only does thinks that will benefit him. In the scene where Wilbur ask Templeton to play with him and his response is “"I prefer to spend my time eating, gawking, spying, and hiding. I am a glutton but not a merry maker. Right now, I am on my way to your trough to eat your breakfast.” (29) This shows Templeton’s selfish instinct in the fact that