...and behaviors that are appropriate and expected by their culture and community. We start shaping this from the first day we are born. Those who ‘welcome’ us into the world, cuddle us, and feed us, in those first few minutes of life, will help develop the individual we become. We continue to grow through life and life’s experiences daily. Every day we interact with people in our lives. It could be babysitters, doctors, neighbors, teachers, professors, coaches, and our own family, to name a few. As we move through life we thus develop our own personal image of ourselves. This is not only created from our own thoughts, about ourselves, but also the influence and the perceptions that others have of us. This concept is called the ‘looking-glass self’. According to Dictionary.reference.com, the definition of this is, ‘the self-image an individual forms by imagining what others think of his or her behavior and appearance.’ The key word here is, ‘imagine.’ We are not influenced by the actual voiced opinion of others but we are influenced by what we believe or think we imagine other people’s opinions to be. Our perceptions of how others see us can be correct, or incorrect, thus feeding our imagination possible inaccurate thoughts and beliefs. Charles Horton Cooley (August 17, 1864 – May 7, 1929), an American sociologist and the eighth president of the American Sociological Association, shares this concept in three steps. 1. We imagine how we appear to another person...
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...In The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, The childhood Fairytale that you know as Alice in Wonderland is wrenched sideways, backward, and inside-out. , and selects Alyss the heir to the throne of Wonderland to tell the story. Alyss is thrown out of her world into the strange city of England, where she is to return to Wonderland and claim her position as Queen. With Alyss missing so long in Wonderland many altercations were made as time dragged on. For Example, Change over time in different characters such as Alyss, Hatter, and Dodge. Alyss thrown into an alien world for over a decade was destined for change. One of the first instances of change in Alyss was when she finally abandoned the idea of her being a Princess and devoted herself...
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...Alice’s Wild Imagination In Lewis Carrols Through the Looking-Glass the main character Alice has a very vivid imagination. The theme of imagination is a major part of Through the Looking-Glass and is presented throughout the novel with games, the creation of an imaginary world, and characters. Within the novel imagination is shown through the use of games. “It’s a great huge game of chess that’s being played-all over the world- if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is! I might join-through of course I should like to be Queen, best” (30) This was said in the novel by Alice. Alice says this once she has arrived into the Looking-Glass world and has just met the Red Queen in the flower garden. “Chess piece who introduces Alice...
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...The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, is a good spin off from Alice in Wonderland. In this story Alyss gets separated from wonderland by her Aunt Redd and is forced to leave Wonderland and go to London, England. Eventually she returns to face Redd and reclaims her rightful throne. This book is unlike the original because it gives meaningful themes. I will focus on not lose hope and that was displayed by the Alyssian’s, Hatter Madigan, and Alyss. The Alyssian’s did not lose hope even though they basically lost the war. They were few on supplies, numbers and meaningful victories. “‘For the sake of White Imagination, let’s hope that Dodge has met with success’” (page 210).They sent Dodge to find Alyss, their only hope. If they gave up hope they...
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...What would you do if you were forced into another place? A place that was alien to you, where the customs were different? And what if you were on your own, just a child? That is what happened to Alyss Heart, princess and heir to the Wonderland throne. Frank Beddor, the author of The Looking Glass Wars, tells a tale of a woman who has to grow up away from home, lost and confused about her purpose. In The Looking Glass Wars, Beddor uses figurative language to describe and characterize Alyss over the span of 13 years. In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as playful, oblivious, and imaginative. Alyss likes to play pranks using different objects, including her imagination, which she has used to turn the first parachute ever made furry. (Beddor 21) Alyss also seems that she would rather do what she perceives as fun, even if it is good for humanity, as seen in the quote, “She would rather have hidden with her friend Dodge in one of the palace towers, dropping jollyjellies from an open window and watching them splat on guards below.” (Beddor 20) These tricks are never supposed to be cruel, they...
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...Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, has written many novels, poems, and short stories in his lifetime but his most famous for his children's “nonsense” novels: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass. His works, especially the two mentioned, have influenced countless readers over the years, and references to his writings can be found in every type of media from the song “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane to the the Matrix trilogy. While both books are intended for a child's entertainment, they are full of symbolism and hidden critique. His clever wordplay, use of logic and reasoning, and incredible imagination are all trademarks of his style of writing, which is often referred to as “literary nonsense.” To readers with little experience with Carroll's work, this term seems to perfectly describe Carroll's confusing and often rambling style, but when more thoroughly inspected, it becomes obvious that this “nonsense” has a far deeper meaning. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is about a young girl, Alice, who gets bored doing her multiplication tables one day and follows a white rabbit into a hole. Through this hole, she ends up falling into Wonderland, a place where there are potions and foods that can change the drinker's size, a tea party thrown by a Mad Hatter and a March Hare, and a Caucus-race that everybody wins. As Alice journeys through Wonderland she meets stranger and stranger, or, as...
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...Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, has written many novels, poems, and short stories in his lifetime but his most famous for his children's “nonsense” novels: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass. His works, especially the two mentioned, have influenced countless readers over the years, and references to his writings can be found in every type of media from the song “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane to the the Matrix trilogy. While both books are intended for a child's entertainment, they are full of symbolism and hidden critique. His clever wordplay, use of logic and reasoning, and incredible imagination are all trademarks of his style of writing, which is often referred to as “literary nonsense.” To readers with little experience with Carroll's work, this term seems to perfectly describe Carroll's confusing and often rambling style, but when more thoroughly inspected, it becomes obvious that this “nonsense” has a far deeper meaning. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is about a young girl, Alice, who gets bored doing her multiplication tables one day and follows a white rabbit into a hole. Through this hole, she ends up falling into Wonderland, a place where there are potions and foods that can change the drinker's size, a tea party thrown by a Mad Hatter and a March Hare, and a Caucus-race that everybody wins. As Alice journeys through Wonderland she meets stranger and stranger, or, as...
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...Russian – Armenian (Slavonic) University Institute of Humanities Department of Theory of Language and Cross-Cultural Communication Term Paper Title: Nonsense, Play and Folklore in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll Student: Voskanyan Evgenia Supervisor: Yerevan 2015 Contents * Introduction: Lewis Carroll ………………………………………...………..….….3 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland * Folklore ………………………………………………………………….....….…….5 * Game of Nonsense …………………………………………………….…....……..7 * Wordplay and Quibble …………………………………………………..………..10 * Psychological interpretations of Alice in Wonderland …………………………13 Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There * Folklore …………………………………………………………………..………...15 * Contrariwise! ................................................................................................16 * Philosophical viewpoints in Through the Looking-Glass .……...…….……….19 * Conclusion: On the other side of the chessboard …………………………......21 * References .………………….………………………………………………...…..22 Lewis Carroll Come with us now on a journey to Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, the fairytales created by legendary Lewis Carroll. Being little known under the birth name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Lewis Carroll was a famous English writer and one of the founders of literary nonsense. Born in the Victorian Era to a family of a parson, he was raised according to the moral values of those...
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...LEWIS CARROLL An author, a mathematician, a photographer of the Victorian era, the one who wrote ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ and the sequel ‘Through the Looking Glass’. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson also referred to as Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) is the man who knows how to entertain and express his feelings though powerful words. Sir Carroll was born on 27 January in Cheshire as being the youngest sibling in the family; was exposed to magic tricks, marionette shows and poems written for homemade newspapers. Lewis Carroll attended Rugby School from 1846-1859, he graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford in 1854. Carroll remained in the college and started lecturing on mathematics, writing treatises and guides for students. In later life Sir Carroll was described as asymmetrical as he was carrying himself stiffly. He was challenged with a knee injury sustained in middle age, as a very young child he suffered from a fever that left him deaf in one ear. He also went through a severe attack of whooping cough that resulted in a weak chest in later life. From a young age, Lewis Carroll wrote poetry and short stories this work was sent to various magazines. Between 1854 and 1856, his poetry and short stories appeared in the national publication, ‘The Comic Times’ and, ‘The Train’ as well as a few other smaller magazines. Most of this work was humorous, sometimes mocking but his standards and ambitions were set up high. “Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it...
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...Start with classical architetcure in oxford, and why it took so long to happen Education presentation, vs. a fun presentation Thought I’d do everyone a favor The twisted tales of of Alice in Wonderland ( secrets and mysteries reveiled) If I can talk for 10 minutes about anything, I’ll have more fun taking about this - like it because you can see it when you’re 4 and then you’re see it when you’re an adult and it’s a completely different story History Lewis Carroll (scandal) Characters History Class Disney vs. lewis carroll Its all about the drugs ( wasn’t sure if I should be mentioning this funny cuz im at Berkeley and that’s the first thing that ppl think about when I tell them I go there) Iceskating bow Synopsis, a girl who’s bored, then a white rabbit comes and she chases him down a rabbit hole and falls into wonderland: a world of fantasy and nonsense Lewis Carroll- real name was Charles real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( after messing with latin , got Lewis Carrol) Birthplace 1832: Daresbury in Cheshire, the third of 11 children , poor living situation (with such a large family) dady was a revered. He’d help his overworked mother by entertaining his brothers and sisters- this is where he got a lot of ideas for his wonderland characters. You’ll see that a lot of the characters in the book had been inspired from his childhood and time in Oxford There were a couple of things he loved: telling stories, hot summer days, and...
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...Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll In the Anglo-Saxon culture and literature, heroes were considered to be warriors and were respected by the entire community. The hero not only had to be tough and fearless, he had to be successful on the battlefield and loyal to his lord as well. The time period of the Anglo-Saxons lasted for 600 years, from 410 to 1066, but the culture and literature of this period was not forgotten (Delahoyde). Lewis Carroll was a writer in the 19th century who included the Anglo-Saxon era in his work. After the publication of his novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, he published another novel named, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. His poem, “Jabberwocky,” is a poem from the novel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (Delahoyde). This poem is still known to be one of his famous poems. The poem is about a father who is tells his son to be beware of a monster named “Jabberwocky” that wanders around in the woods. In the poem, Carroll mentions several dissimilar and unusual creatures that do not exist in the real world. Carroll’s style of writing is very unusual in this piece of work and it only influences the readers to laugh at the definitions of the words. In his mind boggling poem, “Jabberwocky,” Lewis Carroll uses unusual diction to mock the Anglo-Saxon heroic tradition. After the father tells his son of the monster that lives in the woods, the son goes on a search for this monster with the purpose of killing it...
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...IRWIN PHILOSOPHY/POP CULTURE S E R I E S R Can drugs take us down the rabbit-hole? R Is Alice a feminist icon? curiouser To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com and WILLIAM IRWIN is a professor of philosophy at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles, including Batman and Philosophy, House and Philosophy, and Watchmen and Philosophy. curiouser RICHARD BRIAN DAVIS is an associate professor of philosophy at Tyndale University College and the coeditor of 24 and Philosophy. R I C H A R D B R I A N D AV I S AND PHILOSOPHY Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has fascinated children and adults alike for generations. Why does Lewis Carroll introduce us to such oddities as a blue caterpillar who smokes a hookah, a cat whose grin remains after its head has faded away, and a White Queen who lives backward and remembers forward? Is it all just nonsense? Was Carroll under the influence? This book probes the deeper underlying meaning in the Alice books and reveals a world rich with philosophical life lessons. Tapping into some of the greatest philosophical minds that ever lived— Aristotle, Hume, Hobbes, and Nietzsche—Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy explores life’s ultimate questions through the eyes of perhaps the most endearing ...
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...Terra Runyan Walmart pulls 'Naughty Leopard' Halloween costume made for TODDLERS after complaints from outraged parents (September 26, 2013) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2432913/Walmart-pulls-Naughty-Leopard-Halloween-costume-TODDLERS-complaints-outraged-parents.html#ixzz2iht9tRma Naughty: behaving badly, guilty of disobedience or misbehavior. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naughty) A word that used to mean “misbehaving” has now been sexualized. How has a word that once meant to behave badly, turned sexual? What does this mean for people now? In this paper I will use symbolic interactionism to explain the article. In the “…Naughty Leopard…” article it describes how the toddler costume is stirring up controversy within the parenting community. The word “naughty” has been put on a package next to a toddler girl, wearing a black dress with leopard trim, and leopard ears. Parents believe that by using the term “naughty” Walmart is trying to “sexualize” our children. The costume has been pulled from the shelves, and a spokesman for Walmart has apologized and said “It was never our intention to offend anyone and we apologize to any customers who may have been offended by the name of our costume”. Let’s look back at the history of the term. The word “naughty” during the 16th century meant "unhealthy, unpleasant, bad (with respect to weather), vicious (of an animal), inferior, or bad in quality". In the early days in Middle England, the word “naughti”...
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...Marketing in Australia Australia is one of the largest capitalists’ economies in the world. Officially known as the “Land Down Under” is made up of the mainland, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. Australia is the 55th most populous country in the world. 80% of its population is concentrated mainly in urban areas and is expected to exceed 42 million by 2050 (Citation). The primary language in Australia is English. The demographics for Australia are the most commonly nominated ancestry is English (36.1 per cent), followed by Australian (35.4 per cent), Irish (10.4 per cent), Scottish (8.9 per cent), Italian (4.6 percent), German (4.5 per cent), Chinese (4.3 per cent), Indian (2.0 per cent), Greek (1.9 per cent), Dutch (1.7 per cent), Asian Australians make up 12% of the population (Citation). English is the primary language of Australia. Other languages spoken are Australian English, Mandarin, Italian, Arabic, Cantonese, Greek and Vietnamese (Citation). Since 1788, the basis of Australian culture has been strongly influenced by Anglo-Celtic Western culture. Distinctive cultural features have also arisen from Australia's natural environment and Indigenous cultures (Citation). Since the mid-20th century, American popular culture has strongly influenced Australia, particularly through television and cinema. Other cultural influences come from neighboring Asian countries and through large-scale immigration from non-English-speaking nations (Citation). ...
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...The novel 'Alice in wonderland’, written by Lewis Caroll is considered to be one of the best example of the literary nonsense genre. Disney has successfully it into a cartoon in 1951. In this video clip we can see Alice seeing Mad Hatter and March Hare in a tea party, all though there are many chairs and tables, there were no one except them. Alice also wanted to join the tea party with them, but when Mad Hatter and March Hare saw her, they said her that’s there's no room for her ,although there were plenty of space .Then Alice apologized and said she enjoyed very much their singing and praised March Hare and Mad Hatter. Then they accepted her in to the party, Alice said it's a very enjoyable Birthday Party, but then said it's not a birthday party, but an unbirthday party, but Alice didn’t understand it, then they explained her what's an unbirthday is. Then they got to know that it's an unbirthday of Alice too. So, they celebrate it by singing a song. Then Mad hatter takes out a cake out of his hat. When Alice blew the candle, it goes p like a firework, and Dormouse comes out of it and he’s falling with the aid of a little umbrella, singing Twinkle,Twinkle. By watching this video, we can obviously see that how successful Disney was, converting the novel into a cartoon. The expressions and acts of the characters that can be seen it this video,show us a great humor which sometimes we can’t get by reading a text. We can also see many nonsense and unrealistic things...
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