(Recent One)
During the scenes when Alice was taking care of the pig it seemed very odd. So I thought about it more and it reminded me how parents would treat their newborns. For example, Alice was given the baby even if it's mother didn't know her at all. A lot of mothers would give their baby to a maid or to anyone else to raise them instead of themselves so they can do other important things. When Alice let it go and let it run away it's like when parents abandon their children in the streets. And the reason they would do this is maybe because their child is ugly looking (like the pig) or it's too much responsibility. I know in Japan during the old days, when newborns weren't girls the fathers felt it dishonors the family so they would kill them. This is a similar situation.
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(Ugly One)
In the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll uses imagery to help me to be able to see the images in the book. Especially, since the setting changes so suddenly the imagery can help me find out where I am in the book. For example, on page 43 the imagery presented describes the house of the rabbit. Thanks to these descriptions I can figure out the setting and where Alice currently is. It can get confusing at times because she suddenly appears in a different setting. For example, she continues to walk and then surprisingly a house is in front of her. Because of imagery I'm able to following along with the story and where Alice is, helping me understand the story and making it a bit more clear.
I totally agree with you. the child turning into a pig is like kids that dont get attention from their parents. Without any parents or guidance the child turns into a slob or a pig.
ReplyDeleteYou know I never thought about the hole pig scene like that, but now if I think back it all makes sense of how a parent wouldn't want a kid. And how they would rather be doing something else, gowsh that lady is horrible. I am soo thankful that i have loving parents. I really would never have interpurted that scene like that, in fact i had thought it made no sense, but thanks to you it does now.
ReplyDeleteGood job...thats some deep thinking! :]