Archetype: Shapeshifter

In many stories there is someone who is undecided, doesn't care, or doesn't know what side they are on. Sometimes it may seem like they are on the hero's side, when they really aren't. Sometimes there are characters who only do what they do for other people because it will benefit them enough so that it is worth doing. These characters in are called shapeshifters.

In charlottes web, there is one character that continues to amaze me, time after time with his selfish deceiving personality. Templeton. The rat is so selfish, he cares about no one. Yet he still has such a big role in the book. Without Templeton Wilbur would most definately be turned into beacon and eaten by the Zuchermans.

I think Templeton is a shapeshifter, he doesn't actually care about anything except food and himself, and the only reason he helps wilbur and charlotte complete their quest is because they bribe him, in atleast four different circumstances, with food! So in a way Templton is on their side, because he helps them, and he's on the other side, because he just doesn't really care.