Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Contemporary Relevance
Battle for the Crown: Mythical VS Real
On June 5 2010, precisely 5:49 pm, a big event started in the middle of the Looking glass land. It was Mr. Lion vs Mr. Unicorn, why you ask? They are battling for the crown of the White King, it obvious that this wasn’t endorsed by the King himself but what can he do? They fight began with some trash talking in which Mr. Lion bragged that he was the King of the Jungle and therefore be the King. Mr. Unicorn obviously replied by saying “Lions obviously don’t live in the jungle.” The Lion yelled back “Well at least I’m real!” As I recall the crowd behind them said “OH BURN!” but the Unicorn in all of his cunning and wit replied back “I am real, I’m standing before you.” The Lion became furious and lunged at the Unicorn but the Unicorn managed to avoid by sidestepping very quickly. Unicorn said "So that's how you wanna play!" The Unicorn lowered it's head and lunged its horn and scratched the Lion's face and knocking off his monocle. Things start to get fiesty after took swings at each other. At one point the Lion has the Unicorn on the ground but the Unicorn managed to get the Lion off him. It was a epic struggle indeed. The King didn't want others to get hurt so he asked his subjects to come up with some sort of compromise to end this uneeded power struggle. The King then told one of hi subjects to go fetch a cake of anykind. After about 15 minutes he returned and gave the cake to the king. the King then shouted: Stop this meaningless bloodshed and lets sit down and have a compromise. Lion and Unicorn stopped for a while and then said fine. They later discussed more important matters. Then the Unicorn said " Well White King who do you think is the better creature?" The King was scared to answer. What will he say? What will he do?
On June 5 2010, precisely 5:49 pm, a big event started in the middle of the Looking glass land. It was Mr. Lion vs Mr. Unicorn, why you ask? They are battling for the crown of the White King, it obvious that this wasn’t endorsed by the King himself but what can he do? They fight began with some trash talking in which Mr. Lion bragged that he was the King of the Jungle and therefore be the King. Mr. Unicorn obviously replied by saying “Lions obviously don’t live in the jungle.” The Lion yelled back “Well at least I’m real!” As I recall the crowd behind them said “OH BURN!” but the Unicorn in all of his cunning and wit replied back “I am real, I’m standing before you.” The Lion became furious and lunged at the Unicorn but the Unicorn managed to avoid by sidestepping very quickly. Unicorn said "So that's how you wanna play!" The Unicorn lowered it's head and lunged its horn and scratched the Lion's face and knocking off his monocle. Things start to get fiesty after took swings at each other. At one point the Lion has the Unicorn on the ground but the Unicorn managed to get the Lion off him. It was a epic struggle indeed. The King didn't want others to get hurt so he asked his subjects to come up with some sort of compromise to end this uneeded power struggle. The King then told one of hi subjects to go fetch a cake of anykind. After about 15 minutes he returned and gave the cake to the king. the King then shouted: Stop this meaningless bloodshed and lets sit down and have a compromise. Lion and Unicorn stopped for a while and then said fine. They later discussed more important matters. Then the Unicorn said " Well White King who do you think is the better creature?" The King was scared to answer. What will he say? What will he do?
Contemporary relevance
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Two civilians have recently reported that they have spotted the young missing girl from 133 Wither dr. There names are Tweedledum and Tweedledee. They said that they were just hanging out beside this tree when they noticed some little girl run up from behind them panting and gasping for air. She said to them that she was lost and needed to find the red king so they sent her off in the correct direction. Later on they realized that the girl they had just spoken to was the missing girl! So now we have all of our forces out searching for her in the direction Tweedledum and Tweedledee sent her. We also ran into a magical cat who refused to share his name and he clamed to have seen the girl but he would not tell anyone where he saw her. He said he saw her in his head, so police got suspicious and checked up on this cat. Later that day the cat was arrested for several hundred pounds of cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy.
Any news on her where abouts please call 1 800 mystical finders. The reward is 1000 free roses!! So get searching!!
Reported by: johnny thejewburger –AIW news
Two civilians have recently reported that they have spotted the young missing girl from 133 Wither dr. There names are Tweedledum and Tweedledee. They said that they were just hanging out beside this tree when they noticed some little girl run up from behind them panting and gasping for air. She said to them that she was lost and needed to find the red king so they sent her off in the correct direction. Later on they realized that the girl they had just spoken to was the missing girl! So now we have all of our forces out searching for her in the direction Tweedledum and Tweedledee sent her. We also ran into a magical cat who refused to share his name and he clamed to have seen the girl but he would not tell anyone where he saw her. He said he saw her in his head, so police got suspicious and checked up on this cat. Later that day the cat was arrested for several hundred pounds of cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy.
Any news on her where abouts please call 1 800 mystical finders. The reward is 1000 free roses!! So get searching!!
Reported by: johnny thejewburger –AIW news
Analysis of style and srtructure
Lewis Carroll is truly an amazing writer for all ages. She uses techniques that will keep young children interested and also will keep adults asking for more. She uses a series of symbols, pictures, words, phrases, and interesting writing skills. She uses one theme for her books and for Alice in wonderland I believe that it is magical because, well, the whole book has to do with magic, besides I don’t think anyone would be able to fit through a key whole without a little magic or I don’t think its possible for cats and a deck of cards to walk and talk.
If that was not enough proof here is a quote from the book “iv never seen any animal speak or talk to me, I must be dreaming, or perhaps in a comma”. This quote was Alice speaking to herself when she first meets the white rabbit. Another quote was “I’ve never seen a card alive, iv only played with them on my spare time”. This was Alice speaking to herself when she meets the queen of hearts.
Lewis like to use techniques that will keep you guessing and techniques that will always keep you puzzled, in a way that will make you keep reading to try and figure out what the solution will be.
Many people would give up on her books because they are to confusing but for people like me, who enjoy mystery, her writing is perfect.
If that was not enough proof here is a quote from the book “iv never seen any animal speak or talk to me, I must be dreaming, or perhaps in a comma”. This quote was Alice speaking to herself when she first meets the white rabbit. Another quote was “I’ve never seen a card alive, iv only played with them on my spare time”. This was Alice speaking to herself when she meets the queen of hearts.
Lewis like to use techniques that will keep you guessing and techniques that will always keep you puzzled, in a way that will make you keep reading to try and figure out what the solution will be.
Many people would give up on her books because they are to confusing but for people like me, who enjoy mystery, her writing is perfect.
Analysis of setting
The setting of the section that I was assigned seemed to be similar to the setting of the rest of the book.(Ancient times) It seemed to be a magical place in which imagination was the influence or theme of design. Alice, just as before, keeps discovering new creatures and new places that she has never seen or been in before. The interesting thing about it is that as she gets older, or as she stays longer in wonderland , the setting seems to modernize in a way. It almost seems to be developing into a newer age, but as wonderland may develop the magical creatures never seems to leave or become less magical.
In the beginning of my section alice finds herself in a new area and finds herself at the feet of two new “funky” characters named Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Then after conversing with them for a while she finds herself with the red king.(The red king is the king of the new land she has entered) Throughout my designated section the scenery always seems to be between two major themes which are a forest and a beach.
The setting in this book is truly what kept me interested because the author made so much attention to detail that you can almost picture it in your head as your reading. Now that to me is awesome.
In the beginning of my section alice finds herself in a new area and finds herself at the feet of two new “funky” characters named Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Then after conversing with them for a while she finds herself with the red king.(The red king is the king of the new land she has entered) Throughout my designated section the scenery always seems to be between two major themes which are a forest and a beach.
The setting in this book is truly what kept me interested because the author made so much attention to detail that you can almost picture it in your head as your reading. Now that to me is awesome.
Most Memorable Moment
The most memorable part of my section is the part when Alice first runs into Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Not only do I remember this because it is the first part of which I had to read but also because the two characters seemed to pop out at me and I could not seem to take my attention away from them. It had something to with their appetence and their almost matching names. Its as if they are mirroring images of one another.
Another thing that made me remember this part of the novel was the poem that they recited to each other after Alice was finished introducing herself. It reminded me of a story that I had heard in grade four. Tweedledum and Tweedledee introduce Alice into this new part of wonderland and also lead her to the red king. They try to convince alice that the king is dreaming and if she stops dancing that she will vanish. Alice later comes to her senses and realizes that they are trying to fool her so as she trys to walk away they grab her and try to distract her from going to the king.
I honestly don’t know one hundred percent why this specific part stuck in my head but as I said before it must have something to do with those two twins, Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Another thing that made me remember this part of the novel was the poem that they recited to each other after Alice was finished introducing herself. It reminded me of a story that I had heard in grade four. Tweedledum and Tweedledee introduce Alice into this new part of wonderland and also lead her to the red king. They try to convince alice that the king is dreaming and if she stops dancing that she will vanish. Alice later comes to her senses and realizes that they are trying to fool her so as she trys to walk away they grab her and try to distract her from going to the king.
I honestly don’t know one hundred percent why this specific part stuck in my head but as I said before it must have something to do with those two twins, Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Questioning and Critical Thinking
1. Why do you think the author used a chess rules to tell the story?
2. Why did the Unicorn quickly change his mind after Haiga called Alice a child?
How did Alice reply?
3. Why was the King so nervous when he saw these creatures?
4. In this story the author said that an outside force was helping Alice all along, for ex The White Knight saving Alice. Who or What do you think that outside force is?
5. Why do you think the White characters and the Red characters have opposite personalities from each other?
2. Why did the Unicorn quickly change his mind after Haiga called Alice a child?
How did Alice reply?
3. Why was the King so nervous when he saw these creatures?
4. In this story the author said that an outside force was helping Alice all along, for ex The White Knight saving Alice. Who or What do you think that outside force is?
5. Why do you think the White characters and the Red characters have opposite personalities from each other?
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