I was really
excited for this week because I was able to read Alice in Wonderland. I had
never seen the movie or even read the books, so I had no idea what I was
getting myself into. I knew the general plot from what I had heard over the
years, but other than that I had a blank slate of what was going to happen.
Traditional Alice in Wonderland
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It only took me
reading to first story to wonder if whomever wrote it was on drugs, and then
after reading the second story I decided that there was no way they weren’t on
drugs. I found the stories to be rather hard to understand and to find meaning
in them. One thing I found extremely odd was the riddle and the random poems
throughout the stories. They didn’t make any sense to me and any questions I
had about them were never addressed again or answered. I also found Alice to be
a huge know it all, I honestly would have probably slapped her silly if I was
around her for an extended period of time.
Although the
overall themes were very peculiar, there wasn’t a single story in this unit that
I didn’t like. I found that reading this unit was easy because I enjoyed
reading each story. I was never bored, confused at times, but never bored. The
only thing that I have to complain about with this unit is I feel like it is
extremely difficult to rewrite a story from it. I stared at my computer for the
longest time trying to rewrite this story. I would start, and write a paragraph
but quickly delete it. I could not for the life of me figure out how to retell
it in a manner that would make sense. The story itself is so scattered and has
so much going on that I could not for the life of me figure out how to retell
it. Plus, you can’t just tell one part of the story because then you would end
it with a cliffhanger. This predicament was the only issue I had with this
unit. For that reason, I chose not to write a blog post this week. Overall
though, I truly enjoyed this unit and would recommend it to someone who has
very strong retelling skills.
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