Reading Diary B: Alice in Wonderland

Myth-Folklore Reading Unit: Alice in Wonderland

(Image from Pixabay)

Reading A:
1. Down the Rabbit-Hole

• Chasing the white rabbit.
• Falling down a seemingly never ending tunnel.

2. Down the Rabbit-Hole (cont.)

• The "Drink Me" Bottle that makes her smaller.
• I never realized how much internal dialogue is in this.

3. Down the Rabbit-Hole (end)

• The "Eat Me" Cake that makes her bigger.
• Crying so much that it makes a sea of tears. (Talk about "cry me a river.")
• I never realized how nonsensical her thoughts can be.
• There was no story of the Walrus and the Oysters, was that something purely concieved for the Disney movie?

4. Advice from a Caterpillar

• This conversation was quite circular. Reminds me of Absurdist literature like Samuel Beckett's play, "Waiting For Godot". It has a lot of circular sort of dialogue that is seen in, for example, this scene with Alice and the Caterpillar.

5. Advice from a Caterpillar (cont.)

• A story within a story. The story has stanzas and is sort of poetic.
• Eating mushrooms. Reminds me of the first story of Italo Calvino, "Marcovaldo" which has a lot of mushrooms. Marcovaldo is  set of short stories that are Neo-Realist, Modernist, and Fantasy. I don't think there really is a direct correlation, but since I just read Calvino's story, I can see a parallel. 

6. Advice from a Caterpillar (end)

• The pidgeon thinks that she is a serpent.
• I remember this being a small part of the Disney rendition of this.

7. Pig and Pepper

• An invitation to the queen to play croquet.
• More nonsensical, circular, absurdist dialogue.
• I do like how no one ever gives straight answers in this book. It's a nice inspiration to add into my novel or in future stories for this class.
• "Why does your cat smile like that?" "Because it's a Cheshire Cat, of course!" Yay, I'm so glad to finally see the Cheshire cat.

8. Pig and Pepper (cont)

• The Duchess says, "Off with her head!" The famous line.
• Another song.
• A baby pig? This was not in the movie at all. I could see why, it is a very strange story.

9. Pig and Pepper (end)

• The Cheshire Cat!
• More circular dialogue.
• All that is visible is the cat's grin.
• The Mad Hatter and the Marsh Hare! I do hope that a tea party will ensue!