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When most people think of Tim Burton, the first thing that comes to mind is something of creepiness, or with a grim undertone to it. This is a widespread perception when taking into consideration the sense of wicked otherworldliness built up in his films. Many different stylistic characteristics contribute to this feeling through the use of different cinematic techniques. One common idea throughout Burton’s films is the misfit. The main personality is always considered strange and different from…

It has been said that “the turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.” Although, for many, it is difficult to find this strength making growing up seem frightening. This process and struggle reaching adulthood is shown in both Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Alice in Wonderland is a story of a little girl named Alice whose fantasies take her a made up, crazy land called…

In Frank Beddor´s The Looking Glass Wars, the author puts a twist on the story of Alice in Wonderland. Beddor writes the tale from the perspective of Alyss, the princess of Wonderland who had to escape her queendom when her evil aunt Redd attacks the palace. She ends up alone in the middle of England taken in by the Liddles until she returns to Wonderland with Dodge Anders to reclaim the throne. When these changes were made to the story, real significance was provided with meaningful themes…

Analytical Essay on “The Familiar” The Familiar is a fantasy short story written by Andre Norton. It talks about a girl living in a town who owns a toy cat. Later in the story, she realizes that the toy cat is a real cat with magical abilities whose mission is to educate her about the wyse powers that she got. Noran utilizes various techniques to help the reader understand the magic and the cat’s intention about educating Jesca. First person narrator, inner monolog and a strong relationship…

In the novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll is attempting to show Alice maturing from a child to a young adult. Before Alice’s tumble down the Rabbit hole and trip to Wonderland, she had gone through a phase in which she believed that everything could be explained and all questions had a reasonable answer. In the real world this was the case, but not in Wonderland. This leads to the inevitable outcome of her confusion between the real world and the “imaginary” world of…

Lily Andersen Mrs. Hellem English-4 10 May 2016 Curiouser and curiouser Whoever said fairytales are for everyone was right. Alice’s Wonderland is a dream come true, filled with talking flowers, clothes-wearing animals and colorful characters. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has long been a fanciful escape for young children and adults everywhere with the intent of exercising their imaginations and preserving their youth. But is this truly what Lewis Carroll wanted his novel to accomplish?…

Age has always been an issue of mind over matter. Just as age is not limited by how one looks or feels, imagination does not either. It is often the case that age limits imagination, but that is not the true. No one can blame themselves for wanting that sense of creativity to live within for as long as possible, which is exactly how Alice felt throughout her journey. In The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll uses references to his own past, Alice’s change in size, and imagery to…

In Jan Svankmajer’s film Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland shows a surreal story of a girl whose put into her dreams. In the film, Alice attempts to find something to do. Her last hope is using her imagination. She was depressed with her life at the moment. Svankmajer was excellently brought Alice a very simple but creative mind in imagining a wonderland for herself as a way to escape to where she was. The wonderland first started with very simple and daily objects such as dishes, dolls, the house…

Pillar had killed people in the most heartless and confusing way, for instance, he convinced a man to kill himself by jumping off the Tom Tower. It makes one wonder how could he have possibly convince a man to to jump off a building and why did he convince in the first. He also killed a man with laughing gas, he forced a laughing gas mask onto his face and made him laugh til his insides bled. In Alice in Wonderland he is just a caterpillar that is rude to Alice, in insanity…

something bad. Thus, she declares that the thieves will be trapped in a mouse trap which can be considered as the death penalty. The children may feel that they will be punished if they do something morally wrong like the two bad mice. In modern society, the discipline and punishment are practiced by making people feel like they are being observed by the authority such as policemen. This cautionary tale internalizes the young reader the social behavior as well through the use of the doll dressed…