Reading Notes: The Looking Glass (Part A)

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll (1871) is the reading unit that I decided to check out this week.  I thought this would be a good one to start with, since I read the first book last week.  I have never really read much of Carroll's works before these two weeks, except a handful of his poems like the Jabberwocky. 

I have really enjoyed being able to read these two books and I have mad respect for Carroll after reading them.  He has amazing skills at bringing to life these crazy worlds with such colorful imagination.

My favorite bit from the second book was The Walrus and The Carpenter.  This is a little story that Tweedledee tells Alice.  I remember in the Disney animated movie of Alice in Wonderland, they included this story.  I didn't ever realize how dark the story really is until I read the original in the book.  This story tells of how the Carpenter and the Walrus get a family of small oysters into following them ashore, where they eat them. 

Looking back at the animated movie, I have realized that this was slightly disturbing for young kids.  The animated movie shows the oysters as babies and it just makes the story very dark.

Image: Oysters