...“Nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the rabbit say to itself “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late” * Lewis Carroll- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland A comparison of the different forms of Anthropomorphism in Children’s Literature- Looking at Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Black Beauty and War Horse. Throughout history, animals have been used in storytelling and literature. From primitive story tellers who would utilise animal adversaries to symbolise man’s continuous struggle against nature, to animals fulfilling a didactic purpose in fables such as Aesop’s, animals have been an intrinsic part of tales throughout the ages. According to Juliet Kellogg Markowsky, ‘the humanism of the renaissance eclipsed interest in […] animal stories’ yet this was revived with the writing of Black Beauty’ this revival could be said to be connected with the publishing of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. This is reiterated by Joanna Mierek who says: ‘Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection implies cross species continuity;[…] Darwin wrote in 1871 of ‘numberless gradations’ separating all animals.’When people were told that humans and animals had the same basic ancestors, an interest in nature was piqued and is something that has since been continuously present in literature. This essay will therefore endeavour to look at how and why authors use anthropomorphism, particularly in children’s literature. May Arbuthnot categorizes animal stories in...
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...The Impact of Fear Fear is the strongest motivator in the world. In “The Jabberwocky” Lewis Carroll uses literary devices such as imagery, tone shifts, and onomatopoeia to put fear in the hearts of mankind. The author puts fear in the hearts of champions and also puts people in a place of pain and agony, but he further goes to explain that through courage we can overcome this fear and rise up to stand against the fear and doubt in our hearts and with courage they will always be defeated with courage left the victor. The author Lewis Carroll uses imagery to set fear in the heart of the greatest champions and destroy their confidence and strike fear into the hearts of everyone. In the story he describes the physical features of these demonic beasts, as shown in the line “The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!” (line 5). The author is describing the fear of death that awaits any hero to come striking fear into their hearts and putting in self-doubt; breaking away their courage. This quote serves the purpose to the poem by explaining why these heroes are fearful of their enemy and what awaits them if they choose to face it. Another quote from “The Jabberwocky” that uses this kind of imagery as shown before can be found in the line “The Jabberwocky, with eyes of flame” (14) She is further explaining the evil in the heroes enemy and the evil that awaits him in the confrontation of his enemy. These quotes serve the purpose of breaking down a heroes confidence and his...
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...Nonsense, Play and Folklore in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll Student: Voskanyan Evgenia Supervisor: Yerevan 2015 Contents * Introduction: Lewis Carroll ………………………………………...………..….….3 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland * Folklore ………………………………………………………………….....….…….5 * Game of Nonsense …………………………………………………….…....……..7 * Wordplay and Quibble …………………………………………………..………..10 * Psychological interpretations of Alice in Wonderland …………………………13 Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There * Folklore …………………………………………………………………..………...15 * Contrariwise! ................................................................................................16 * Philosophical viewpoints in Through the Looking-Glass .……...…….……….19 * Conclusion: On the other side of the chessboard …………………………......21 * References .………………….………………………………………………...…..22 Lewis Carroll Come with us now on a journey to Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, the fairytales created by legendary Lewis Carroll. Being little known under the birth name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Lewis Carroll was a famous English writer and one of the founders of literary nonsense. Born in the Victorian Era to a family of a parson, he was raised according to the moral values of those times and expected to become a deacon. Nevertheless, young Lewis Carroll was always interested in theater and art since his childhood. He himself was making little...
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...Alice’s Wild Imagination In Lewis Carrols Through the Looking-Glass the main character Alice has a very vivid imagination. The theme of imagination is a major part of Through the Looking-Glass and is presented throughout the novel with games, the creation of an imaginary world, and characters. Within the novel imagination is shown through the use of games. “It’s a great huge game of chess that’s being played-all over the world- if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is! I might join-through of course I should like to be Queen, best” (30) This was said in the novel by Alice. Alice says this once she has arrived into the Looking-Glass world and has just met the Red Queen in the flower garden. “Chess piece who introduces Alice to the game; she explains the dimensions of the chess board world and gives Alice directions to the eighth square; she quizzes and lectures Queen Alice” This quote was said in the flower garden by the Red Queen to Alice. These quotes represent imagination through games because they show how imaginative Alice is. She creates this game away for herself to become Queen. With this said that is why the background to the visual is a chess board. Two other pictures were chosen to display games, they were the egg and lamb. Due to another game Alice played to get her closer to becoming queen that involved a lamb and egg. Within the novel imagination is shown through the use of games and the creation of an imaginary world. Within the novel imagination...
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...Speaking of the allegories Disney version I will admit I do like the original version Disney released in 1951. The wonderful use of colors is what drew me in, granted that could be my inner hippie shining through. However, as an adult I took the time to look into the allegories associated with the book/movie and well I truly believe that Alice in Wonderland is a story of youth coming to adulthood and the many decisions and obstacles that we must face as we step foot into the adult world. Going "down the rabbit hole" has become a familiar allegory, symbolizing everything from exploring a new world to taking drugs to exploring anything unknown. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the rabbit hole is the place where it all starts, a gateway to the unknown. It's Alice's impulsive decision to follow the White Rabbit that leads to all of her adventures. After all, Alice's decision is foolish one. If this weren't a magical fantasyland, Alice probably would have killed herself in the fall. She has no idea where she's going, what she's facing or how to get home. Going down the rabbit hole is a one-way trip, the entry, but not the exit, to the fantasy world of wonderland. Alice’s change in size is another allegory for growing up. Alice is constantly changing size during her adventures in Wonderland, from the moment she falls down the rabbit hole until the moment wonderland is no longer. Alice just keeps changing, yes in size, but also as a symbol for growth. When Alice first arrives in Wonderland...
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...Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the popular film The Matrix use primary colors to depict concepts of paracosm in order to portray parallel journeys from uncertainty and doubt to acceptance. As the novel Alice in Wonderland commences, Alice is portrayed as an innocent young girl in a simple blue dress and bow. In the first chapter of the book Alice lays sleepily under a tree as her elder sister reads to her. In Alice’s lack of interest a small white rabbit catches her eye and she impulsively runs after it and into a rabbit hole. Alice’s fear of the future is overpowered by her childish curiosity and need for entertainment, this clearly exhibits her naivite. Alice wanders through Wonderland meeting unusual characters and eating and drinking foreign foods and beverages without hesitation. The idea of Wonderland and all of its boggling aspects represent a journey through adolescence and sophistication in which uncertainty goes hand in hand with maturity. Before arriving to Wonderland the first thing that the wholesome Alice encounters is a lengthy corridor filled with doors and a table holding a key. In this point of the novel, Alice’s wonderment is seen as an advantage as it leads her to a small hidden door which she unlocks using the table’s key. Alice’s very entrance and discovery of Wonderland is based off of her child-like spontaneity. She imbibes the drink on the table as the label says without fear of toxins or danger of consequences and approaches...
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...drgg ffufu guio gui gyjdytjk The psychedelic world had always been something I sought for as an adolescent and to this day it has helped expand my minds eye, a great example of the world i speak of is the well written 1865 novel called “Alice in Wonderland” by Charles Lutwidge Dodgsons (Lewis Carroll). It’s absolutely certain that in Lewis Carroll’ “Alice in Wonderland” he tries to introduce the reader to psychosis, narcotics,and potentially the existence of parallel universes. As i revised his work of art i decided to exaggerate and or be direct with the reader on what he was implying when he wrote Alice in Wonderland. “Alice in Wonderland” is a great novel that tells a story of an adolescent going through some swift mental changes. The story examines the stages in which a teenagers psychosis is evolving, a transition from childhood to adulthood. For example, in the initial point of the story Alice is being very disobedient towards her sister, a behavior that majority of teenagers are well indeed guilty of, this type of behavior can be described as one of many stages in social -developement called “ego-identity.” Soon after she wanders off away from her sister dreaming of a world that counters the reality in which she lives in, a world different from her own another sign that indicates or reveals her hunger for change or possibly suicide. Soon after, her journey begins with a hasty chase for a white rabbit down a rabbit hole. On the other hand In my version “Alice...
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...Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, has written many novels, poems, and short stories in his lifetime but his most famous for his children's “nonsense” novels: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass. His works, especially the two mentioned, have influenced countless readers over the years, and references to his writings can be found in every type of media from the song “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane to the the Matrix trilogy. While both books are intended for a child's entertainment, they are full of symbolism and hidden critique. His clever wordplay, use of logic and reasoning, and incredible imagination are all trademarks of his style of writing, which is often referred to as “literary nonsense.” To readers with little experience with Carroll's work, this term seems to perfectly describe Carroll's confusing and often rambling style, but when more thoroughly inspected, it becomes obvious that this “nonsense” has a far deeper meaning. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is about a young girl, Alice, who gets bored doing her multiplication tables one day and follows a white rabbit into a hole. Through this hole, she ends up falling into Wonderland, a place where there are potions and foods that can change the drinker's size, a tea party thrown by a Mad Hatter and a March Hare, and a Caucus-race that everybody wins. As Alice journeys through Wonderland she meets stranger and stranger, or, as...
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...a) Alice’s perceptions of the world, as she is coming of age, make her idiosyncratic. Many of her features on how she comes to the understanding of the world are charming and eccentric. An example of this, is her discovering how the reality of the world is quite different from the books she reads. Before her father’s death, where she was isolated from the outside world, she had a keen interest in fairytales. When she encounters the mine inspector, it made her “inflations feel all warm, and my thighs too, because the power of magic connects those parts” (Soucy 54). Thus, she falls in love with him and calls him “the prince”, as the mine inspector is an educated benevolent man who owns a motorcycle that resembles a cavalier (Soucy 53). This event is charming, as fairytales create and influence many to believe that reality is perfect and ideal as it is being portrayed. She discovers that “the village looks like, which seemed to me not much compared to my imaginings” (Soucy 72) after being rejected by the mine inspector, her first love. The beliefs she brings in order to adapt to reality seem childlike, yet charming, as reality is quite harsh and wished to escape from it. b) An instance of humour from this novel is when kid brother sets up a security system with mannequins. Alice announces that she didn’t know where the mannequins came from, moreover they called them halves because “they lacked the portion of their insides that allows suffering and so to call oneself a full-fledged...
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...Reflecting on Alzheimer’s disease As I read the book Still Alice, I was surprised by how the main character portrays real life disease. The book vividly highlights the different stages of the disease and the behaviors - forgetfulness, confusion and so on, associated with memory loss that are exhibited by persons with Alzheimer’s disease. In my opinion, Alzheimer’s disease can obscure the true identity of its victims as the disease progress. The best part of the book I think was helpful to Alice and perhaps would also be to individuals diagnosed with early onset of Alzheimer’s disease, is finding a support group. Alice, knowing that her intellectual and physical capacity would decline at some point, exchanging and sharing information such...
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...with the Liddell family (Smith 5). Henry Liddell was the Dean of Christ Church, where Carroll attended the majority of his schooling; at the time Liddell was appointed, his daughter Alice was three years old (Smith 5). Carroll was quite known for having kinship like friendships with several young girls – which he claimed were all harmless. He claimed to be “Out of (his) element altogether” when it came to young boys, even though he recalled...
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...United States History Diahann Carroll Tia Moore February 19, 2013 4th Period Actress and singer Diahann Carroll, born as Carol Diann Johnson, was born on July 17, 1935 in New York City to John Johnson and Mabel Faulk. She attended Manhattan's School of Performing Arts and worked as a nightclub singer and model before making her Broadway debut in The House of Flowers in 1954. By the time Carol was in junior high school, her family lived in a house that they owned in Harlem. Her father worked as a subway conductor at the Department of Transportation of the City of New York, and her mother devoted all of her attention to caring for her beloved daughter. Carol received abundant and strict parental attention, and she did her homework and took piano lessons faithfully. In many interviews about her childhood, Diahann recalls her parents’ support for her and that they enrolled her in singing, modeling and dancing. By time she was 15 she was modeling for Ebony Magazines. She was 6ft. and had a lean build body. After Carroll graduated, she attended New York University and majored in sociology. Carroll used of her time for voice lessons, rehearsals, modeling, and singing jobs. At the end of her first term in college, she withdrew from her classes, intending to use two years to explore the possibility that she could make a career as a singer. Although she tried to win...
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...LEWIS CARROLL An author, a mathematician, a photographer of the Victorian era, the one who wrote ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ and the sequel ‘Through the Looking Glass’. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson also referred to as Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) is the man who knows how to entertain and express his feelings though powerful words. Sir Carroll was born on 27 January in Cheshire as being the youngest sibling in the family; was exposed to magic tricks, marionette shows and poems written for homemade newspapers. Lewis Carroll attended Rugby School from 1846-1859, he graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford in 1854. Carroll remained in the college and started lecturing on mathematics, writing treatises and guides for students. In later life Sir Carroll was described as asymmetrical as he was carrying himself stiffly. He was challenged with a knee injury sustained in middle age, as a very young child he suffered from a fever that left him deaf in one ear. He also went through a severe attack of whooping cough that resulted in a weak chest in later life. From a young age, Lewis Carroll wrote poetry and short stories this work was sent to various magazines. Between 1854 and 1856, his poetry and short stories appeared in the national publication, ‘The Comic Times’ and, ‘The Train’ as well as a few other smaller magazines. Most of this work was humorous, sometimes mocking but his standards and ambitions were set up high. “Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it...
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...Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, has written many novels, poems, and short stories in his lifetime but his most famous for his children's “nonsense” novels: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass. His works, especially the two mentioned, have influenced countless readers over the years, and references to his writings can be found in every type of media from the song “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane to the the Matrix trilogy. While both books are intended for a child's entertainment, they are full of symbolism and hidden critique. His clever wordplay, use of logic and reasoning, and incredible imagination are all trademarks of his style of writing, which is often referred to as “literary nonsense.” To readers with little experience with Carroll's work, this term seems to perfectly describe Carroll's confusing and often rambling style, but when more thoroughly inspected, it becomes obvious that this “nonsense” has a far deeper meaning. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is about a young girl, Alice, who gets bored doing her multiplication tables one day and follows a white rabbit into a hole. Through this hole, she ends up falling into Wonderland, a place where there are potions and foods that can change the drinker's size, a tea party thrown by a Mad Hatter and a March Hare, and a Caucus-race that everybody wins. As Alice journeys through Wonderland she meets stranger and stranger, or, as...
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...'"Who are you?' said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, 'I - I hardly know, sir, just at present - at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'" -Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 We are a world in motion. People are constantly changing and developing throughout their lives and I am no exception to this rule. In my opinion, the lessons I have learned that have helped shape who I am mirror the ones learned by Alice in the famous novel by Lewis Carroll. I want to look closely at how the story presents Alice's transition between childhood and adulthood, how it showcases that not all...
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