Which Way?

I just recently adopted a kitten, so I couldn’t resist writing something related to cats. The Cheshire Cat is perhaps one of the most well known and loved characters in Wonderland. The Cheshire Cat is perhaps the character most fit to act as a guide for Alice, simply because he offers her helpful insight into [...]

Dive Into Wonderland

As a group we just: discussed via CoverItLive some of the characters found throughout Wonderland.   The CoverItLive can be found here. made a Prezi presentation for visual effect.  The link to the Prezi can be found here.

Returning to Reality

Chapter 12 ended in a more predictable manner, but I thought it fit well within a children’s story. What child wouldn’t want to doze off only to find themselves in wonderland? However, there is one thing that baffles me about the way Carroll ended his story. Isn’t it a little ironic that his ending made [...]

The Beginning of an End?

Chapter 11 seemed to go around in circles, with the trial not progressing very much, and ending up where it had started. Following this thought, maybe Wonderland was meant as a experience Alice “never had” and when she wakes up, that is where the beginning of the end starts for her. An end because the [...]

Meandering Musings

Chapter 10 is one of the more nonsensical chapters in my opinion, with even more puns about the predictable ways of daily life. I find it rather odd that when Alice repeats her lessons out loud, the Mock Turtle and Gryphon know the original version, and not a version with a unusual twist to it. [...]

Permission to Reason

In chapter nine the Duchess presents morals for a multitude of seemingly scattered thoughts. One moral, however, was left unfinished. Alice begins with the statement “I’ve a right to think” and the Duchess replies with “Just about as much right, as pigs have to fly; and the m-” when she was interrupted by the Queen. [...]

Unjustly Bizarre

After reading chapter eight I have come to notice how unjust most of the logical rules in wonderland are. The Queen’s method of playing Croquet, give her a higher leverage to win. Is it perhaps the unfairness that makes this story so queer to some of its readers? We like to believe that our world [...]

Turn It Inside Out

In chapter 7 I find the conversations between Alice, the March Hare, and the Hatter very thought provoking. Most of their comments were be intended as puns, cleverly reversing the context of several phrases. For instance,saying what we mean is not the same thing as meaning what we say. When we contemplate the ideas in [...]

Going Somewhere?

Chapter six is one of my favorite chapters, which I am sure is true for others as well, due to the long-awaited appearance of the Cheshire Cat. The Cat’s conversation with Alice has provoked many unidentifiable yet entertaining thoughts to wrestle with. We are all heading somewhere just as Alice is in her journey, but [...]

Multiple Me’s

In chapter five of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland she stumbles upon another animal, this time it is a Caterpillar, who seems to make her question herself even more. For Alice says, “I ca’n’t explain myself, I’m afraid, Sir,” but the Caterpillar merely asks her why it’s important for her to know. This leaves Alice at [...]