It actually makes less sense, if such a thing is possible. Through the Looking Glass, though familiar in plot, is quite a bit different. I had written out a whole long analysis of the plot, but it’s so wild with so many twists, that my briefest summary would be almost as long as the thing itself, so I’m going to just not. I mean, you interject details about kids into the stories you tell them to keep them interested. Dinah was the name of the Liddell’s cat, this takes place on March 4th which was Alice Liddell’s birthday. I don’t read anything in it beyond childlike nonsense and whimsy. I myself think twice before taking orders from inanimate objects for this exact reasonĭespite the hundred years’ worth of analysis done on this book, I honestly feel like it reads like a man telling a story to a child to amuse her and pass the time.
It’s a series of loosely connected, nonsensical vignettes: the fall down the rabbit hole full of furniture the long room full of locked doors, with the key, glass table, bottle marked DRINK ME and the cake marked EAT ME being washed away by her in tears the Caucus Race the White Rabbit’s house the caterpillar the Duchess with the pig baby and pepper soup the Mad Tea Party playing flamingo-and-hedgehog croquet with the Queen of Hearts the Mock Turtle’s story about his school days and lobster dances and the Trial of the Knave of Hearts who stole a plate of tarts that weren’t missing.
There we go, just move it right out of the way so we don’t keep referring back to it like a crutch from our formative years that shaped the way we interact with reality. The plot is a bit different from the cartoon, but as it came first, I’m going to treat it as though the cartoon didn’t happen. Breanna and I didn’t even meet until high school, yet this is something we had in common.įirst of all, this book, if you haven’t read it, is exactly as trippy as everyone says it is. It’s been a lifelong Thing, yet somehow I never got round to actually reading the book. I had very strict ideas of what behaviour was acceptable, I only wore skirts (by personal choice, no real reason), and every day after school, I made myself a cup of tea and watched the Disney cartoon, Alice in Wonderland. When I was a kid, maybe fifth grade, I was weird. She said I could read either or both (‘One is cards, one is chess.’), so I figured it’s a kid’s book, I’ll read both. I had her read Good Omens, by Neil Gailman and Terry Pratchett, and she gave me her copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass. Well, since we two are doing it together, we swapped our favourites. This month’s challenge was to read a book recommended by a friend. So as I mentioned a couple posts ago, a friend of mine and I are doing the 12 Meses 12 Libros Challenge. Well, I didn’t know it as well as I thought I did.