the point is that i am supposed to write an essay about that book from an original, new point of view
i read it, i know what happened, but i want to hear YOUR thoughts, ideas, opinions or whatever you wanna share
cheers
2006-10-17 06:12:03 · 7 answers · asked by lady xanax 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If you think about it, Alice In Wonderland follows the same format as many great epic novels. It's a quest! Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole because of her desire to escape from the ordinary and discover new worlds. When she gets down there, she is confronted with all sorts of strange new creatures and people (Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, etc.) and each of them have a moral lesson to impart to her. She is also confronted with temptation in the form of pills that make her larger or smaller, which result in ehr becoming altered and having strange things happen to her. At the end when she must defeat the Red Queen, Alice must rely on her self-knowledge and all that she has learned along the way on her bizarre journey to save herself and her friends.
As I'm sure you know, the Matrix trilogy has many allusions to Alice in Wonderland, and Neo's journey parallels that of Alice. Both characters long to escape from their mundane lives, yet when they make the conscious choice to "go down the rabbit hole," they are faced with an alternate reality that they are not at all prepared for, and at first they wish to just go back to the way things were. However, both Alice and Neo gain confidence in their own abilities and use that confidence to ultimately save their world from evil. That might be an angle for your paper.
Or you could do a comparison/contrast of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. Once again, these two stories strongly parallel each other. Both are about young girls on a journey through a strange land where extraordinary things happen and unusual characters live. Like Alice, Dorothy finds herself on a quest of self-discovery as she meets new friends who teach her things about herself that she never knew before, and in the end, she uses this new-found confidence to defeat the evil presence, in this case, the Wicked Witch. I think that would make a cool topic for your essay too. Good luck!
2006-10-17 07:57:20 · answer #1 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My thoughts would be to do an essay based on the Joseph Campbell idea of the Hero's Journey. Alice is the hero and she goes through a transformative journey through the Looking Glass. As she travels from girl to Queen there is a lot that can be discussed about the symbols behind the different experiences she goes through.
2006-10-17 07:38:37 · answer #2 · answered by Unity 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Carroll wanted to give stories to children-he wasn't a pervert! He just adored the way children viewed the world. the theme is about growing up, politics, self-identity, etc...
It's hard to give this story a "new" point of view. It's probably been done, but you could contrast what it was like for children to grow up in that timeframe opposed to what it is like now (how media influences children, commercials, etc...)
2006-10-17 07:33:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have not read the book, at least, I do not remember reading it. But I saw an excellent movie, and the main concept was for the girl to overcome her lack of confidence. Incidentally, in the movie, she did.
2006-10-17 06:37:02 · answer #4 · answered by Rodger G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm afraid my viewpoint coincides with a lot of others: the man was stoned. Probably on belladonna.
2006-10-17 08:50:44 · answer #5 · answered by Bitsie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Carroll was on acid at the time...Anyway, what's he doing with a 14 year old girl? Gross!
But he was definitely on drugs.
2006-10-17 07:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by Rogue7 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try from the point of an opium-addicted dirty old man? ie Lewis Carroll
2006-10-17 06:45:40 · answer #7 · answered by SteveUK 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋