Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked.
"Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat.
"I don't know," Alice answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
2006-10-24 13:26:07 · 10 answers · asked by Led*Zep*Babe 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I love finding philosophical and spiritual meaning in children's books, or anything for that matter. There is so much to see if you have eyes to see it.
One of my favorite examples is the great spiritual meaning in Sesame Street's "Put Down the Ducky." - "You gotta put down the ducky if you wanna play the saxophone"
2006-10-24 13:31:54 · answer #1 · answered by Gray 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fairy tales originally had that very function of enlightening youth to higher truths, be it Asophes Fables or Mother Goose rhymes! Even the durablity of the Wizzard of Oz is shroud in wisdom although I can't say the same for Harry Potter, ET, and so on recently even the original Walt Disney was quite informative as was Peabody & Sherman!
2006-10-24 22:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by namazanyc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever watch an ant and their buddies? Have you ever watched a sun set? Have you seen the movie of how a sperm from a man, swims into a woman, than finds the right egg? You know the one that got you here. You are the consequence of that? We are all connected and we all have philosophical meanings and that is the sum of that. 1+1+1=1.
2006-10-24 20:57:27 · answer #3 · answered by ShinningStar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was little, my parents bought me a two-volume set of fairy tales, one by Hans Christian Andersen, the other by the Brothers Grimm. I loved those books. There was a little rhyme from one of the Andersen fairy tales, possibly "The Snow Queen", that is still with me after all these many years:
"...for brilliant minds and loving hearts
go often clothed in tatters:
not what we wear, but what we are
is all that really matters."
And it is still just as applicable today as it was back then.
2006-10-25 02:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by geekgrrl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children's books are not simple things. A lot of thought is put into them. I only write for adults because it's too big a responsibility to me to write for children. With adults I just need to inform or entertain but with children you must consider how you might be influencing them.
2006-10-24 22:14:46 · answer #5 · answered by catalamity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Dr. Seuss books are famous for that in fact Alice in Wonderland among many other "children's" books were written that way on purpose. ..Its not coincidence
2006-10-24 20:46:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
lewis carroll was a strange man... i believe the story is that he had a thing for little alice, who was his student.
falling through the rabbit hole into wonderland is his analogy to falling into his drug induced haze... how 'bout that reference to the mushrooms?
2006-10-24 20:37:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's a very good example.
even bad books and films have some valueble lesson sometimes, if you just listen better.
2006-10-24 20:53:10 · answer #8 · answered by Black Sayuri 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh yeah there a hidden messages everywere just not everyone thinks that deep and looks at it face value.
2006-10-24 20:29:11 · answer #9 · answered by switchplate2003 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I know wut u mean that happened to me and that's wutz up. Keep it real
2006-10-24 20:34:19 · answer #10 · answered by Kia H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋