Jabberwocky A Hero

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Devastation and violence are surrounding our society, fact. With the number of riots, misdemeanors, and felonies happening to others and our law enforcement, our once serene U.S.A. is falling apart. However with every villain comes a hero, and heroes always win. In Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” there is a hero, there is a villain. There are similar actions between the actions of our chaotic world that are portrayed in “Jabberwocky” that resemble the faults and destruction in our society. Carroll; otherwise known as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, never focused on political matters for he wanted to focus more on his stories. Aiming toward the younger audience “Jabberwocky” has the theme of good versus evil that kids like even to this day; therefore,

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