Thoughts on Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass?
I am looking for intelligent conversation on Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, so if you have read either of these and have any thoughts on them, please share.
THIS IS NOT FOR HOMEWORK, just at work and looking for intelligent conversation.
ShoeLover
on November 30th, -0001
I read these books in my children’s literature class last year, and while I found them to be very hard to read (don’t know why), the idea of the Cult of the Child always intrigued me. Authors like Lewis Carroll and others from the 19th century were products of the Enlightenment (as we all are now), and many people from that time really took Rousseau’s suggestions about the nature of children to heart, which is why there is suddenly this onslaught of literature written for children (and not the kind of stories that taught children how to behave; these were stories meant to entertain fertile imaginations). I guess we live in an overly sensitive age, but it troubles me that older men were paying such close attention to young boys and girls, to the point of infatuation (Alice Liddell being the most disturbing). But the product of these infatuations have become some of the most induring classics of children’s literature. Any thoughts on this?
Also, in Through the Looking Glass, isn’t it interesting that there is a game within a game which Alice has to win in order to get back to reality? She goes from watching a chess game to actually being in one, and isn’t that how a lot of dreams work? We see something in our waking lives that show up in our dreams, and this is exactly what happens to Alice. I’ve always loved that about this story! 🙂
BlueButterFly
on November 30th, -0001
…..and the people you are having this intelligent conversation is how old?
FantasyFootball
on November 30th, -0001
Are you referring to the original hallucination version?
Sunflower
on November 30th, -0001
I am totally serious when I say I believe that the author was doing hallucinogens
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ShinyStars
on November 30th, -0001
I have never read through the looking glass, but I love Alice in Wonderland. I have often wonder if he was perhaps engaging in some form of narcotic when he wrote the book. It is so random and often obscure. I am still a fan. Any thoughts on L.Frank Baum and his Wizard of Oz Series?
EgyptianWonder
on November 30th, -0001
I assume you know that legend has it the author was extremely high on drugs when he wrote Alice in Wonderland. An LSD type of drug is what is speculated. So, it would be a bit hard to have too much of an intelligent conversation on this. Symbolism and such may just be lost in the midst of the brain fog.
HighMaintenance
on November 30th, -0001
I think the movie Alice in Wonderland is kind of freaky in my opion! I also heard the girl that played Alice in the movie overdosed on cocaine! I also heard in the first movie of Alice in Wonderland that if you look close on when they are running in the woods that you can see a person that had hung them selves! I don’t know about all that just what i have heard from a bit of people!
MindsEye
on November 30th, -0001
I think Lewis Carroll was a genius. To me it’s obvious he was on a drug hallucination trip. Yet he was able to take this experience and turn it into a delightful children’s story that address many of our childhood fears: Falling, not understanding the rules, having familiar surroundings disappear, eating dinner with crazy people, being screamed at for no reason.
Fly
on November 30th, -0001
sweet pea, you are thinking of the wizard of oz, by baum, not carrol.
FollowTheLeader
on November 30th, -0001
I found them annoying and just not engaging characters. It was just too wierd for my taste; there was nothing to relate to…anyway i didnt finish the book.
Celina
on April 27th, 2017
Hey, that post leaves me feeling fosoilh. Kudos to you!