alice in wonderland and through the looking glass
Through the Looking Glass was written as the sequel to Alice in Wonderland. They are both by Lewis Carroll, Alice is the main character in both, and both are set in fantastic realms where the usual laws of physics do not apply.
The writing style is the same in both books, and both are full of puns, word play, poems, and nonsense.
The basic plot line is the same for both books, each starts with Alice entering another world by some unusual means and awakening at the end to discover that her adventure has only been a dream.
Similar themes run through both books; in Alice in Wonderland, Alice has an identity crisis when she fears she may have been swapped for somebody else, and in Through the Looking Glass she loses her identity all together when she forgets her name.
Each book features game equipment as characters; in Alice in Wonderland there are living playing cards, in Through the Looking Glass, chess pieces. Both books feature kings and queens as well as talking animals and fabulous creatures. And both feature the March Hare and the Hatter, although in the second book, the spelling of their names has been changed.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass record the adventures and exploits of one little girl through a variety of strange fantasylands. Exploration in these books is a playful romp through the nonsense-world of one's imagination. The world itself is explored, but so are the mind, language, and the limits of reason and knowledge. Exploration is always bittersweet, because it has definite limits and will come to an end all too soon. There need not be any particular goal to the voyage beyond seeing and experiencing curious things, but it helps to have an objective to journey toward, if only to make it easier to choose a path.
Identity in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass is constantly shifting. Its instability creates anxiety and confusion, but also enables another kind of exploration. We must
The writing style is the same in both books, and both are full of puns, word play, poems, and nonsense.
The basic plot line is the same for both books, each starts with Alice entering another world by some unusual means and awakening at the end to discover that her adventure has only been a dream.
Similar themes run through both books; in Alice in Wonderland, Alice has an identity crisis when she fears she may have been swapped for somebody else, and in Through the Looking Glass she loses her identity all together when she forgets her name.
Each book features game equipment as characters; in Alice in Wonderland there are living playing cards, in Through the Looking Glass, chess pieces. Both books feature kings and queens as well as talking animals and fabulous creatures. And both feature the March Hare and the Hatter, although in the second book, the spelling of their names has been changed.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass record the adventures and exploits of one little girl through a variety of strange fantasylands. Exploration in these books is a playful romp through the nonsense-world of one's imagination. The world itself is explored, but so are the mind, language, and the limits of reason and knowledge. Exploration is always bittersweet, because it has definite limits and will come to an end all too soon. There need not be any particular goal to the voyage beyond seeing and experiencing curious things, but it helps to have an objective to journey toward, if only to make it easier to choose a path.
Identity in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass is constantly shifting. Its instability creates anxiety and confusion, but also enables another kind of exploration. We must