Alice's Adventures in Wonderland- Reading Notes- Part A&B
Part A-
How exciting it was to see Alice’s Advenures in Wonderland as one of the readings for this unti! I am not going to lie, Alice in Wonderland freaked me out as a child… something about the grinning cat and the wacked out characters made me feel uneasy. So I thought, why not, let’s give it another try. Nope! Still as creepy as before, but I was determined to stick it out. When I began reading, I thought to myself, how am I going to relate this to my personal stories of Isnana? What features of this story could I possibly use to help me write my stories? I instantly realized… self-dialogue. There is so much reflection in these stories, and so much dialogue between Alice and others and Alice and Alice. Before we began writing our own stories, and I think I mentioned this in previous reading notes, I had no idea the work and difficulty that came along with creating dialogue between characters. As authors, we have to be so careful that everything lines up, like the ‘he said’ and ‘she said’s. For example, in Advice from a Caterpillar..
How exciting it was to see Alice’s Advenures in Wonderland as one of the readings for this unti! I am not going to lie, Alice in Wonderland freaked me out as a child… something about the grinning cat and the wacked out characters made me feel uneasy. So I thought, why not, let’s give it another try. Nope! Still as creepy as before, but I was determined to stick it out. When I began reading, I thought to myself, how am I going to relate this to my personal stories of Isnana? What features of this story could I possibly use to help me write my stories? I instantly realized… self-dialogue. There is so much reflection in these stories, and so much dialogue between Alice and others and Alice and Alice. Before we began writing our own stories, and I think I mentioned this in previous reading notes, I had no idea the work and difficulty that came along with creating dialogue between characters. As authors, we have to be so careful that everything lines up, like the ‘he said’ and ‘she said’s. For example, in Advice from a Caterpillar..
'Come back!' the Caterpillar called after her. 'I've something important
to say!'
This sounded promising, certainly: Alice turned and came back again.
'Keep your temper,' said the Caterpillar.
'Is that all?' said Alice, swallowing down her anger as well as she
could.
'No,' said the Caterpillar.
This appears like basic dialogue to have to write between characters,
but I was constantly checking myself while writing!
Bibliography: Lewis Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Wonderland
Part B-
Sporadic. Sporadic is my word for this reading note.
Sporadic is the reason why (I think) I was never the biggest fan of Alice in
Wonderland stories. The author quite literally jumps from one person to the
next then to the next and it’s a real frenzy! But at the same time, it takes immaculate
skill to do that, and not lose your readers at the same time. In the story, The Queen's Croquet Grounds, there is a perfect example of this:
'I couldn't help it,' said Five, in a sulky tone; 'Seven
jogged my elbow.'
On which Seven looked up and said, 'That's right, Five!
Always lay the blame on others!'
'YOU'D better not talk!' said Five. 'I heard the Queen say
only yesterday you deserved to be beheaded!'
'What for?' said the one who had spoken first.
'That's none of YOUR business, Two!' said Seven.
'Yes, it IS his business!'
said Five, 'and I'll tell him — it was for bringing the cook tulip-roots
instead of onions.'
I
almost want to compare this to the author being under the influence of
substance, and having somewhat hallucinations!! That’s how this rings to me in
my mind. But as with the previous reading note (Part A), these are all very
good examples for someone like me who is trying to learn how to write dialogue
between characters, but through the eyes of a third party that is observing.
Bibliography: Lewis Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Wonderland
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