Time Time Time

So I would like to write on the role of Time in Alice in Wonderland because I feel it is very important. A research question eludes me but I feel I am on the fringe of finding it. I enjoy the way that the Tea Party is a window in time as well as how time does not seem to pass at all. This all is happening while Alice continues to grow as an individual. This all is a key element to how the entire book is a dream but I feel there is more to it than that. This is where I stand as of now but once I research there will be a question I am sure. =] SOoo yea. My last blog.. so sad =P

The Sands of Time..

      Reading this part of the book made one thing completely obvious. It was so obvious it almost bothers me. Santiago's Personal Legend is definately related to Fatima. She is his personal treasure. Im not sure how he will pay his 1/10 th except maybe by giving up a child. This is why the King didnt want Santiago to give up part of his treasure without having it first. A treasure can be anything, including a true love. The other thing that is apparent to me is that Santiago will one day have sheep again, that or he will always desire sheep.

Its time for Tea =]

Personally there were a few annoying differences that stood out. The doormouse was most certainly awake in the film while it wasnt in the clip. Secondly The Hatter welcomed Alice to join them while in the book no one really seemed to want her there. They didnt really care if she was there or not. A personal sad point for me was how in the clip they didnt have to change seats. A similarity was with the pocket watch. I do believe there was one present in the clip and it was dunked in a tea cup. Overall the film doesnt seem to change the book in many ways. I still have a clear vision of how it all went down. If anything the movie seems to highlight the differences and provoke thought.

Mercury is a terrible thing to meet a mind..

WHO IS THIS GIRL? Why is she at my party! There are no seats left open! Where has the tea gone? This plate has crumbs on it! CHANGE SEATS! Here little girl put this hat on! Riddle time!! Can she answer?! No! She is a stupid little girl!! There are two coins, they add up to 30 cents, one is not a nickel. What are the two coins? Does she know? Do I know.. Do you know? Who knows where the tea has gone! CHANGE SEATS! Mousee! Tell us a story! Why is she still here? Alice.. Do I know an Alice? I do know this one face.. but it was a long face.. who has a long face now a days anyway.. I would hate to have a face.. Oh Clocks have faces! CHANGE SEATS!

Lewis Caroll in a few sentences

Lewis Caroll was a pen name taken up by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was born in 1832 and exactly thirty years later he placed his name in history by telling a tale to a little girl he was fond of. Three years later, in 1865, Alice in Wonderland was published. Charles had a talent for repeating facts in "whimsical" and interesting ways that delighted everyone. He found that talking came naturaly to him when he was talking with children. This was major because he had a studder.


The above information came from the Google timeline of Lewis Caroll's life.

A Page in Time

     I have been reading for what seems like forever. Sitting in class and being told to blog on my favorite book brought so many to mind. Do I write about Where the Red Fern Grows or one of Sarah Dessen's many novels. Maybe The Adventures of Tom Sawyer or The Odyssey. There are so many books to choose from that as I write this I am still unsure of which is my favorite. After a long reflection, I have decided. My favorite book is Dr Seuss' The Cat in the Hat. I must have read that book back in kindergarten or first grade. This book, of all books, is my favorite because I still pick this book up off the shelf. I must read this book at least five times a year. I don't think there is any other book that I read that much. This seems like a legitimate reason to consider it a favorite. =]