It is one of my very favorite books, but I think there is an interesting twist to it- interpretation. In my opinion, literature is not a medium through which an author's intentions are conveyed, but instead an assortment of ideas that are presented to be interpreted. As such, I can sit down and read Alice in Wonderland with two different mindsets. I can sit down and think of it as a comical adventure, full of magic, or I can also sit down and look at it as a world in which order is non-existant and I will break out crying as it turns into a horror story for me. I'm crying even now thinking about interpreting it as that. In my opinion, it is one book that really has an interesting aspect of interpretatoin. What do you think?
2007-01-13 18:48:42 · 7 answers · asked by fslcaptain737 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Its not yet reduced me to tears - but I do know what you mean.
I first read "Alice" when I was little, as everyone thinks of it as a children's book.
I read it again when I was in my twenties and I realised that it could be read on all sorts of levels and had very much an allegorical feel to it.
I am long overdue to read it again.
2007-01-13 18:56:06 · answer #1 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Alice in Wonderland
2016-05-23 23:31:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if i could vote for a best question, you would win.
the secret charisma of alice in wonderland/through the looking glass is that no matter how old you are, whether you are an adult or a child, you can so easily imagine that you are in fact the one who is falling down a rabbit hole or running from a jabberwock (real when you are a child, usually metaphorical when you are an adult). everyone can relate to being so bored that they start daydreaming. and depending on where you are in your life and the experiences you have had, everything in there can be interpreted in a different way. a classic example of this is the beginning of the movie dogma, where one of the angels uses the walrus and the carpenter poem to convince a nun that there is no god.
sorry, i temporarily switched to term paper mode. lol.
in a nutshell, i LOVE it. i am completely obsessed. i have read it over and over, seen 5 (i think) movie versions, and drawn and painted so many of it's images.
i am addicted.
2007-01-13 19:04:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree, there are many interpretations of this book. Just a few days ago someone on Answers said it was "a political satire", which I never thought it was. I think of it as one of those few stories that appears to be for children, but is not limited to young readers. I particulary like the illustrations that accompany the text, and I will be teaching some of the more comical parts of this story to my English language learners next week. I will see what interpretations they have about this story.
2007-01-13 18:59:42 · answer #4 · answered by WMD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Alice" is one of my favorite books. You may want to try reading "The Looking Glass Wars" by Frank Beddor . You will either love it or hate it but it does put a thought provoking spin on how the whole story of Alice's adventures came about - and what REALLY happened.
Here is what Amazon gas to say - When her parents, the king and queen of Wonderland, are killed by her Aunt Redd, Alyss Heart escapes by jumping into the Pool of Tears. Her jump takes her to Victorian Oxford, where she emerges from a puddle, lives as a street urchin, and is eventually adopted by Reverend and Mrs. Liddell. Unable to make anyone believe her fantastic story, she finally confides in Charles Dodgson, who says he will write a book about her. When she discovers that Alice's Adventures Underground is full of make-believe, and not her story or her real name, she sadly resigns herself to life as a Victorian girl of privilege.
Beddor has also collaborated on a graphic novel called "Hatter M" which is worth a read for the artwork alone.
2007-01-13 19:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by Betsy Jayne 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe I'm weird, but reading 'Alice' never made me want to cry. I always just thought of it as a fantastical place where rabbits talked, and food could make you shrink as well as grow. I don't think it's a "world where order is non-existent", I think it's a world that has it's own sort of order, it's own rules, and you just have to learn them. Yes, it may have been freaky to Alice to find herself in a place so different from what she knew, but I'm sure it wasn't all that strange to the permanent 'residents'.
2007-01-14 09:09:22 · answer #6 · answered by awanderingelf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book is very interesting. It has many dimensions on which to interpret from.
2007-01-14 04:25:40 · answer #7 · answered by Em 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋