In this next section of Alice in Wonderland, Alice and her cat start to wonder about Looking-Glass house and the secrets that hide in there. As she enters this mysterious house, she finds a lovely garden full of many talking flowers. She also finds many answers that don't make sense in reality, but make sense to Alice in her dreams. Such as the reason why flowers can talk here is that the soil is rough, keeping them awake, and outside, the soil is soft keeping them asleep. Further on, she stumbles upon a large chess board, and many of the pieces are moving about, especially the Kings and Queens. Later on, Alice notices that she has shrunken once again, and also that the woods, or wilderness, was the chess board where every area is a different block on the board, where she would meet different pieces of each team. She encountered Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and also Humpty Dumpty, which I had no idea was in this book. Moving onto more blocks as a pawn to become a queen, Alice encounters a field where there are many pieces from both sides fighting, even the White King and the Hatter. Although, this is where the section ends.
"I see nobody on the road." said Alice.
"I only wish I had such eyes," the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able to see Nobody! And at that distance too! Why, it's as much I can do to see real people, by this light!"
(Carroll, 194)
After reading this from the White King Chess piece, I started laughing very hard that i had to tell my brother, once he had heard it, we both started laughing because the King was literal when it came to seeing 'Nobody' as a person, even though Alice meant that she didn't see a single person on the road. Then I thought that she is dreaming again, like she did when she went to Wonderland.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll, page 9 to 111
In this very first section of a very famous book that was made into a Disney film, then into a more recent movie, Alice wakes up from a dream to find herself in her garden, under a tree as her sister is trying to get her to be more awake. Although, Alice starts to dream again and spots a white rabbit, dressed neatly with a pocket watch. This immediately was odd to Alice, but even more peculiar was the many other characters that she had encountered in wonderland. For example, she ran into the Mad Hatter and the March Hare as they were having tea. There were many events that occurred as Alice was trying to get back to her garden, like cake that would make one grow and a drink that would make one shrink, and especially talking animals. As Alice passes through Wonderland, eventually meeting the Cheshire Cat and playing a game of crochet with the Queen, she is then placed on trial, among others that were convicted of stealing the Queen of Heart's tarts. Like many other events, the rules made no sense to Alice, which was very amusing to read, until she eventually grew larger to start yelling at the Queen and waking up to her sister's voice. Thus, ending Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
"Have you guessed the riddle yet?" the Hatter said turning to Alice
"No, I give it up." Alice replied, "What's the answer?
"I haven't the slightest idea" said the Hatter.
(Carroll, 62)
After reading this, I started laughing because in the more recent version of this book into a film, Johny Dept, as the Mad Hatter said this at the very end, when he asked Alice about the similarity between a raven and a writing desk. After that I started thinking about it also, still trying to figure out the answer to this riddle.
"Have you guessed the riddle yet?" the Hatter said turning to Alice
"No, I give it up." Alice replied, "What's the answer?
"I haven't the slightest idea" said the Hatter.
(Carroll, 62)
After reading this, I started laughing because in the more recent version of this book into a film, Johny Dept, as the Mad Hatter said this at the very end, when he asked Alice about the similarity between a raven and a writing desk. After that I started thinking about it also, still trying to figure out the answer to this riddle.
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