Alice in Wonderland
Down the Rabbit Hole
-Everyone is quite familiar with these stories from the movies and because the books are so popular.
-As she falls to Wonderland, she takes time to ponder things like being polite to people walking on their heads and how to tell if she is in Australia without rudely asking.
-Her thinking about politeness and the length to the center of the earth at the same time is to point out how some of the stuff she is learning about she finds silly.
-The ridiculous height of the fall and the gentle way she lands shows that this is fantasy, and now would just be accepted in a children's book, but Carroll was the first to create this "nonsensical" kind of plot.
-"very few things were really impossible."
Advice from a Caterpillar
-The caterpillar may be my favorite character.
-People always try to say that this is about drugs and this is one of the parts that they say the characters do drugs. People are dumb.
-He is smoking and contradicting everything she says or is thinking about
-"Father William"
-She ponders whether she is the same or if her experiences have changed who she is as a person
Pig and Pepper
-Frog butlers and THE Cheshire cat
-Baby pig
-Cat in the tree
-"you can't help that. We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
A Mad Tea Party
-Pretty ridiculous conversations
-They're the kind of mad that is amusing and not harmful
-Alice seems not to understand when to ignore what they say and when to take them seriously
The Queen's Croquet Grounds
-Off with her head!
-Flamingos and Hedgehogs
-The king and queen are some of the most memorable characters from these stories.
-They may be how many of the public thought of many of the nobles: dumb and quick to kill.
-She may be bloody mary but I think she is just a generic, bad queen
Who Stole the Tarts?
-Court of law, wonderland style.
-basically, nothing works
-And then it's all a dream
Read the story here.
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