In the past, when reading Charlotte's Web to each of my 3 children, I viewed it less as a text focused on teaching emotions and feelings of empathy. , coping mechanisms for life and death as well as unimaginable friendships between two extremely different creatures. What I find very interesting are the complexities of applying multiple theories to this particular text as it is a genre aimed at children and young readers. I will examine three literary theories, New Historicism, Deconstruction, and Reader Reception/Response, and how we can apply them to history. I am truly shocked by the different levels that I continue to see highlighted after my studies. I would like to reread it in its entirety after this class and really formulate a more diverse understanding by applying more theories. I know that now when I read a text it will become easier for me to understand and explain the deeper meaning and ambiguities, because my youngest is always interested in what I read to him and asks many questions raised by the texts, mainly due to the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" at this point, regarding bodily functions, but I am better prepared now than before on how to involve reader responses and other approaches that he and I can explore together with a better understanding of where an author comes from and sees stories in a whole new light.White was born in Mount Vernon, New York on July 11, 1899 and died on October 1, 1985 in at the age of 86, in his rural surroundings of North Brooklyn Maine; where he "plays a central role in the creation of Charlotte's Web, a book that is, among other things, a celebration of the seasons in rural life." Cech 1983 web n. pag)White's career began in 1927, he joined...... middle of paper ......tical Perspectives. 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford-St. Martins, 2010. 418-19. Print.Neumeyer, Peter F. "E(lwyn)B(turns)White." American children's writers, 1900-1960. Ed. Jean Cech. Detroit: Gale Research, 1983. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 22. Literary Resource Center. Internet. December 2, 2013. Rice, Philip and Patricia Waugh. “Hayden White, Jacques Derrida, Harold Bloom, Terry Eagleton.” Modern Literary Theory: A Reader. 4th ed. London: Arnold, 2001. Print.Schama, Chloe. “Smithsonian.com.” Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian, June 3, 2011. Web. December 3, 2013 Siegle, Kristi. “Introduction to Modern Literary Theory.” Introduction to modern literary theory. Dr. Kristi Siegel, January 2006. Web. December 7, 2013. http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm#poststruct White, EB, Garth Williams and Edith Goodkind Rosenwald. Charlotte's Web. New York: Harper, 1952. Print.