Aleš Lombergar

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! 🙂

Are you referring to the original hallucination version?

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?

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!

sweet pea, you are thinking of the wizard of oz, by baum, not carrol.

Hey, that post leaves me feeling fosoilh. Kudos to you!