Comments on: Alice in Wonderland: Talking Animals http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: bitki derman http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-153010 bitki derman Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:15:05 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-153010 I have and will ever hear. I have and will ever hear.

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]]> By: mavikozmetik http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-111164 mavikozmetik Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:48:09 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-111164 I believe that the last paragraph is the most sincere philosophy I have and will ever hear. I believe that the last paragraph is the most sincere philosophy I have and will ever hear.

]]> By: geciktiricihap http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-91341 geciktiricihap Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:04:06 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-91341 When I’m dreaming, I’m not shocked at the fact that I can jump out of a moving car into a can of tomato soup When I’m dreaming, I’m not shocked at the fact that I can jump out of a moving car into a can of tomato soup

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]]> By: Kate http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-2572 Kate Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:11:45 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-2572 I feel like it's because she was dreaming...When I'm dreaming, I'm not shocked at the fact that I can jump out of a moving car into a can of tomato soup...or something like that... I feel like it’s because she was dreaming…When I’m dreaming, I’m not shocked at the fact that I can jump out of a moving car into a can of tomato soup…or something like that…

]]> By: Julia http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-2571 Julia Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:54:07 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-2571 what about those little "eat me" cakes that alice couldn't reach them because she shrank. the description (and ok, subsequent movie versions) always makes my mouth water. perhaps you should do a blog entry on the presence of particular foods in children's stories. i.e. turkish delight in narnia. when c.s. lewis was describing the taste and texture of turkish delight in LWW it pretty much sounded like the world's most fantastic dessert. too bad actually trying it ruined that, but bygones. or perhaps i just relate everything to food? who knows. what about those little “eat me” cakes that alice couldn’t reach them because she shrank. the description (and ok, subsequent movie versions) always makes my mouth water.

perhaps you should do a blog entry on the presence of particular foods in children’s stories. i.e. turkish delight in narnia. when c.s. lewis was describing the taste and texture of turkish delight in LWW it pretty much sounded like the world’s most fantastic dessert. too bad actually trying it ruined that, but bygones.

or perhaps i just relate everything to food? who knows.

]]> By: Justin http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-2569 Justin Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:16:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-2569 maybe she wasn't startled because she had taken a massive amount of DRUGS maybe she wasn’t startled because she had taken a massive amount of DRUGS

]]> By: Matt http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-2553 Matt Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:57:09 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-2553 I was actually doing some online research on Alice a few days ago, and I came upon an interesting find. Supposedly, many of the characters in the book represent real-life people. For example, Bill the Lizard was (allegedly) meant to represent Benjamin Disraeli, while the Mock Turtle represented John Ruskin. Don't know who the dog was meant to represent- maybe Carroll's real-life dog--who most likely also couldn't talk :) I was actually doing some online research on Alice a few days ago, and I came upon an interesting find.
Supposedly, many of the characters in the book represent real-life people. For example, Bill the Lizard was (allegedly) meant to represent Benjamin Disraeli, while the Mock Turtle represented John Ruskin.
Don’t know who the dog was meant to represent- maybe Carroll’s real-life dog–who most likely also couldn’t talk :)

]]> By: Herb http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-2543 Herb Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:30:06 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/alice_animals/#comment-2543 Rather than man's best friend, the puppy incident ironically shows that this "make-believe" world is a "dog-eat-dog" domain. Alice is vulnerable and fears being devoured by the puppy and tosses a stick to the pup, hides behind a thistle and then runs away. Throughout the book, Alice is the one that mentions the prediliction of her pets to eat the animals she meets such as her encounter with the mouse who rightfully hates cats. So Alice's meeting with the puppy turn the tables on this motif in this upside down world that reflects our very own world. If the puppy could talk, then Alice could communicate with the puppy. Rather, Alice is left to her feet to survive the encounter and is not able to "talk" her way to safety. Rather than man’s best friend, the puppy incident ironically shows that this “make-believe” world is a “dog-eat-dog” domain.

Alice is vulnerable and fears being devoured by the puppy and tosses a stick to the pup, hides behind a thistle and then runs away.

Throughout the book, Alice is the one that mentions the prediliction of her pets to eat the animals she meets such as her encounter with the mouse who rightfully hates cats. So Alice’s meeting with the puppy turn the tables on this motif in this upside down world that reflects our very own world.

If the puppy could talk, then Alice could communicate with the puppy. Rather, Alice is left to her feet to survive the encounter and is not able to “talk” her way to safety.

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