Intended Topic

  I would like to write about feminism in Alice.  My research question is "How does Carroll portray feminist views in his novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."  Some things that I will possibly talk about is a small background on women during the Victorian Era, the lessons/schooling girls had to do, how Alice acts during the novel compared to the Victorian Era,  the reverse roles of the Queen of Hearts and the King of Hearts, etc.

The Alchemist

  One thing that I am noticing is that the boy keeps on learning throughout his journey.  He learns from his mistakes and takes them into consideration in future situations.  Not only his he learning basic "street" skills, he is learning the Language of the World.  I find it very interesting how well he understands the Language of the World.  He seems to know how to interpret that language and in an adult perspective.

Burton's Mad Tea Party

  I noticed that some things that we read in the book did not appear in the movie.  For example, the Dormouse was not sleeping throughout the tea party nor did he/she tell a story to Alice.  Also, because the Dormouse did not tell the story, Alice was not able to keep interrupting or ask questions during the Dormouse's story, as she did in the book.  It also seemed that the Mad Hatter was kinder to Alice in the movie and more annoyed with her in the book.  I can not quite remember but I don't think the Chesire Cat showed up in the book like it did in the movie.  I think Burton's movie adds to my interpretation of the story because it gives me a visualization of the characters and the different places that Alice goes throughout the story. 

"Who are you?"

  I had the most perfect day smoking my hookah on this fabulous mushroom!  Sadly, I was later interrupted by this strange girl who called herself Alice, well that is who she thought she was. For some reason she was all confused and couldn't keep her identity straight.  She also kept complaining about changing sizes, like I needed to hear her problems, I have my own to deal with.  But, because I am such a good caterpillar, I gave her some advice and told her to eat some of the mushroom I was sitting on.  I didn't say which side did what though, she can figure that out by herself...hopefully. 

Lewis Carroll

  To start off, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born January 27, 1832, in Daresbury, Cheshire, England.  Throughout his lifetime he was a English logician, mathematician, photographer, and novelist.  During his earlier years he attended a public school for four years and then went to Christ Church, Oxford.  Because he was a student at Christ Church, he was supposed to remain unmarried.  If Carroll would have gone on to become a priest he could have married, but as it turns out, he was ordained a deacon in the Church of England on December 22, 1861, where holy orders restricted him to remain a bachelor.  Carroll wrote several works, including The Hunting of the Snark, Jabberwocky, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which became a very popular work.  According to bookrags.com, Carroll was a fussy, reserved, conservative man, who stayed away from the economic, political, and religious problems that troubled Victorian England.  However, he was a cheerful and fun man towards children, hence, his knack for storytelling.  Referring back to his interest in photography, according to wiki, he made several studies of men, women, male children, landscapes, skeletons, dolls, dogs, statues and paintings, and trees.  His studies of nude children have been thought lost for a long time, but six have since surfaced and are now published and available online.   

In Carroll's later years he suffered from migraines and occasional seizures, where he had lost consciousness on two accounts.  After his many success's, Carroll died on January 14, 1898, at the age of 65.

http://www.biography.com/articles/Lewis-Carroll-9239598?part=0 
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/lewis-carroll/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll#Health_challenges

What is your favorite book? When did you encounter it? Why is it your favorite?

  My favorite book is Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.  I heard about this book through my two older sisters who had many positive comments about it and had encouraged me to read it.  As it turns out, it became my favorite book.  Ella Enchanted is my favorite book because it is full of adventure, along with mystical characters and a little romance between the two main characters.  I also like this book because it allows me to get away from reality, enjoying things that can only be possible in books.