Consumption: A Woven Theme Across Concepts
The definition of “consumption,” according to Merriam Webster is “the act or process of using something up.” This concept is repeatedly mentioned and established in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, which have been established to share the hidden message of the life of a child and the life of an adult, respectively. In relation to the practical world, life can be seen as a total process of consumption, where the mere existence of life requires and depends on consumption. However, like life cannot be understood without death, consumption cannot be understood without acknowledging its relation to time, (and of course its entailments as well). In addition, consumption is …show more content…
Lewis Carroll creates a journey for Alice, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, that depicts the real experiences of life and can arguably be explained as mere consumption, because the concept of consumption is woven through many other core aspects …show more content…
Its application in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Looking Through Glass can be found intermittently woven together amongst many other broader concepts including time, life and death, gain/loss (more so with loss), as well as childhood and adulthood. It cannot be explained without acknowledging time. Moreover, the role of time in life is immeasurable because death ultimately follows life, marking the end of time only for that thing (or for that organism, entity, etc.). Consumption seen through the lens of adulthood and with a Freudian mind, has a stronger lean towards a negative connotation, which is comparatively seen in Carroll’s second book, where there is a connection established between consumption and loss. Despite the loss however, the adult mind, like Cluely explains, represses the conscious realization of a loss or of the wrong, involved in whichever act of consumption occurring/being carried out. Overall, consumption’s role can be applied to many themes of life, psychologically, and
The definition of “consumption,” according to Merriam Webster is “the act or process of using something up.” This concept is repeatedly mentioned and established in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, which have been established to share the hidden message of the life of a child and the life of an adult, respectively. In relation to the practical world, life can be seen as a total process of consumption, where the mere existence of life requires and depends on consumption. However, like life cannot be understood without death, consumption cannot be understood without acknowledging its relation to time, (and of course its entailments as well). In addition, consumption is …show more content…
Lewis Carroll creates a journey for Alice, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, that depicts the real experiences of life and can arguably be explained as mere consumption, because the concept of consumption is woven through many other core aspects …show more content…
Its application in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Looking Through Glass can be found intermittently woven together amongst many other broader concepts including time, life and death, gain/loss (more so with loss), as well as childhood and adulthood. It cannot be explained without acknowledging time. Moreover, the role of time in life is immeasurable because death ultimately follows life, marking the end of time only for that thing (or for that organism, entity, etc.). Consumption seen through the lens of adulthood and with a Freudian mind, has a stronger lean towards a negative connotation, which is comparatively seen in Carroll’s second book, where there is a connection established between consumption and loss. Despite the loss however, the adult mind, like Cluely explains, represses the conscious realization of a loss or of the wrong, involved in whichever act of consumption occurring/being carried out. Overall, consumption’s role can be applied to many themes of life, psychologically, and