by Lewis Carroll (1865)I’ve read this book when I was at the age of the kindergarten. Even though it was a simplified one, I wondered why I didn’t have so many confusing questions at that time and now in the Children’s Literature curriculum, amazingly, there are so many hidden massages in this well-published fantasy book. In my childhood, this book was my reader in the past time which was fun and enjoyable. As a matter of fact, I never had so many questions about the amazing Alice’s body change; so-called the tear pond; a rabbit running hastily all the time, etc. But after this class, I think, this book is deserved the Must Read Books reputation for children and adults in their life.
This book was hard to finish at once; I read it separately, again and again. But I often got lost in some chapters because this book used a large mount of wordplay. Unfortunately, I had a great difficulty in understanding them; then I gave up and move on to the next chapter. Therefore, I thought it would be easier if I took one chapter as a single story to read because each chapter could be regard as an event.
At the beginning when Alice fell into a hole, I think, she also fell into the starting point of adults’ world. When a girl/ a boy start to get into the adults’ world, obviously, the body size is the clearest feature. This period may influence children’s mind or perplex them that why their body became so weird. Who exactly I was?? Yes, this question occurred to me before. In the adolescent, my body changed gradually: became taller and needed to wear underwear. My mom told me that it meant you were going to be a woman. However, I had no idea about what the woman is and when I stood in front of mirror I thought who I was exactly. Is that still me?? There were some uncomfortable feelings in my mind which I didn’t know why. I think the habit of monology I started to cultivate at that period, so did Alice. She often asked herself some questions such as I can't understand it myself to begin with; and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing. The body changing made her lost herself but afterwards; she quite got accustomed to it. This is one of themes: growth to adulthood which was left me an impression. It’s an inevitable progress but it’s a clear narration to children how their body would change.
In Alice’s adventures, she experienced the adults’ activity: a mad tea-party, the Queen’s Croquet Ground and the court. (Chapt. 11Who stole the tart?) I think those are the fastest way to learn what rules (or even not) exist in adults’ world. I recall one of my experiences at my elementary stage when I was at the dinning table after dinner. The adults were talking their matters and I was listening although I had no idea what they were talking about. But I wanted to say something which also kind off show off my knowledge. (Like Alice was proud of her vocabulary amounts are superior to her classmates) When I expressed my opinions to the adults, they glared at me and said: “do not speak anything while adults are talking matters.” OHOH…I shut up my mouth after I was scolded instantly. Because I was a good girl so I did what adults told me: did not speak anything while adults were talking their matters. It seemed that adults’ world existed some regular rules which must be obeyed. Ironically, they can disobey because the rules were designed by them as well. If I “insisted” my immature behaviors, I though soon the adults just like the Queen would say: Off with my heads!!! I thought Alice was braver than me because she dared to talk back to the Queen in the flower garden or in the court. Does the author Lewis Carroll tend to shape Alice as a tough girl or have guts while meeting something unfair??
The issue of growing into adulthood and the adult’s world gave me the most impression about this book. Alice experienced the adults’ complicated world in the dream and the problem of self identity before she grown up; I also experienced the world again she brought to me. There are pros and cons of being adults and need to face some unreasonable matters which may exist long time. Maybe after 5 years, I would read this book again to find solutions how to deal with the adults’ world.
This book was hard to finish at once; I read it separately, again and again. But I often got lost in some chapters because this book used a large mount of wordplay. Unfortunately, I had a great difficulty in understanding them; then I gave up and move on to the next chapter. Therefore, I thought it would be easier if I took one chapter as a single story to read because each chapter could be regard as an event.
At the beginning when Alice fell into a hole, I think, she also fell into the starting point of adults’ world. When a girl/ a boy start to get into the adults’ world, obviously, the body size is the clearest feature. This period may influence children’s mind or perplex them that why their body became so weird. Who exactly I was?? Yes, this question occurred to me before. In the adolescent, my body changed gradually: became taller and needed to wear underwear. My mom told me that it meant you were going to be a woman. However, I had no idea about what the woman is and when I stood in front of mirror I thought who I was exactly. Is that still me?? There were some uncomfortable feelings in my mind which I didn’t know why. I think the habit of monology I started to cultivate at that period, so did Alice. She often asked herself some questions such as I can't understand it myself to begin with; and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing. The body changing made her lost herself but afterwards; she quite got accustomed to it. This is one of themes: growth to adulthood which was left me an impression. It’s an inevitable progress but it’s a clear narration to children how their body would change.
In Alice’s adventures, she experienced the adults’ activity: a mad tea-party, the Queen’s Croquet Ground and the court. (Chapt. 11Who stole the tart?) I think those are the fastest way to learn what rules (or even not) exist in adults’ world. I recall one of my experiences at my elementary stage when I was at the dinning table after dinner. The adults were talking their matters and I was listening although I had no idea what they were talking about. But I wanted to say something which also kind off show off my knowledge. (Like Alice was proud of her vocabulary amounts are superior to her classmates) When I expressed my opinions to the adults, they glared at me and said: “do not speak anything while adults are talking matters.” OHOH…I shut up my mouth after I was scolded instantly. Because I was a good girl so I did what adults told me: did not speak anything while adults were talking their matters. It seemed that adults’ world existed some regular rules which must be obeyed. Ironically, they can disobey because the rules were designed by them as well. If I “insisted” my immature behaviors, I though soon the adults just like the Queen would say: Off with my heads!!! I thought Alice was braver than me because she dared to talk back to the Queen in the flower garden or in the court. Does the author Lewis Carroll tend to shape Alice as a tough girl or have guts while meeting something unfair??
The issue of growing into adulthood and the adult’s world gave me the most impression about this book. Alice experienced the adults’ complicated world in the dream and the problem of self identity before she grown up; I also experienced the world again she brought to me. There are pros and cons of being adults and need to face some unreasonable matters which may exist long time. Maybe after 5 years, I would read this book again to find solutions how to deal with the adults’ world.
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