Monday, April 26, 2010

I’ve seen the movie Alice in Wonderland a couple of times and I already knew that the book would be the same. The book seemed a little different than anything I’ve ever read before (because of the style of writing Lewis Carroll uses) and makes your mind wonder what Alice is thinking. Alice apparently is this little girl who falls through a giant rabbit hole and finds herself in a weird adventure. Since I’m not done the book I can’t really tell you the ending but I know that somehow she will end up back home where she belongs. There is also a part where she drinks something that’s says DRINK ME in big letters, it made her shrink to the size of a mouse so she could fit through a certain door. She ends up eating a cake which says EAT ME in big letters and made her grow nine feet taller. This book is not a book that I’m used to reading; sometimes I even struggle to read it. This caused because I try to understand Lewis Carroll’s point of view in this story (because he is narrating it. In addition, in the beginning Alice seemed to be sitting near a bank of a river and dozes off, this could be a hint why she is having this weird dream about her being in this sort of wonderland. Since this book has two stories in it I will have to reach the beginning of the other side later on. I never read or heard about "Through The Looking Glass" and hope I will understand THAT story more than this one. This story in my opinion is for a child to read because in their situation they can understand it and makes it more interesting for them. The reason I say that because every animal in this story talks and says funny stuff (mostly in riddles according to the Disney movies)and is best suited for a children. In conclusion my first impression of this book isn't very good because of the style of writing that Lewis Carroll has, who the audience of the book is and without the pictures it would be hard for ANYONE to understand.

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