When I saw the cartoon for the first time, I didn't know how wise it was. Even some years ago, I just watch the movie but was distracting thinking of philosophy... One of my Portuguese teachers already gave me this book to read... I wasn't interested, didn't know what I was losing...
But now I know this book... and it's actually much wiser than it seems. I'm talking about
"Alice in Wonderland"
by Lewis Carol
Opinions are welcomed!
See some quotes...
"'Curiouser and curiouser!'"
"Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?', responded the Cheshire cat. 'I don't know.' Alice answered. 'Then,' said the cat, 'it doesn't matter."
"'Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar.
This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, `I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'"
"'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
Alice didn't think that proved it at all; however, she went on' And how do you know that you're mad?'
'To begin with,' said the Cat, 'a dog's not mad. You grant that?'
'I suppose so,' said Alice.
'Well, then,' the Cat went on, 'you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.'"
"Alice: If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would."
Some links...
http://www.novelguide.com/aliceinwonderland/metaphoranalysis.html
http://disneywonder.tripod.ca/alicequotes.html
http://www.online-literature.com/carroll/alice/
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/11/frameset.html
http://www.lewiscarroll.org/texts.html
http://www.collegeclub.com/academics/novelnotes/notes.asp?nn=AliceWonderland&action=quotes
http://creativequotations.com/one/336.htm
The whole book:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/metastuff/dir.html
http://www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/alices-adventures-in-wonderland/
Have fun!
Love,
Nelson
But now I know this book... and it's actually much wiser than it seems. I'm talking about
"Alice in Wonderland"
by Lewis Carol
Opinions are welcomed!
See some quotes...
"'Curiouser and curiouser!'"
"Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?', responded the Cheshire cat. 'I don't know.' Alice answered. 'Then,' said the cat, 'it doesn't matter."
"'Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar.
This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, `I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'"
"'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
Alice didn't think that proved it at all; however, she went on' And how do you know that you're mad?'
'To begin with,' said the Cat, 'a dog's not mad. You grant that?'
'I suppose so,' said Alice.
'Well, then,' the Cat went on, 'you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.'"
"Alice: If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would."
Some links...
http://www.novelguide.com/aliceinwonderland/metaphoranalysis.html
http://disneywonder.tripod.ca/alicequotes.html
http://www.online-literature.com/carroll/alice/
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/11/frameset.html
http://www.lewiscarroll.org/texts.html
http://www.collegeclub.com/academics/novelnotes/notes.asp?nn=AliceWonderland&action=quotes
http://creativequotations.com/one/336.htm
The whole book:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/metastuff/dir.html
http://www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/alices-adventures-in-wonderland/
Have fun!
Love,
Nelson