Through the Looking-Glass

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning." Peter Pan is a fantastical children's book published in 1904 by Sir James Matthew Barrie, more commonly known as J. M. Barrie. The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844, is a historical young adult fiction. These two books could not be more different. Peter Pan focuses on the imagination of young ones, one of which will never grow up. The Count of Monte Cristo follows the betrayal of a man and his revenge. However,…

he fears it will lead to something worse. Haw: Always learns to adapt in time when he sees change can lead to something better. All four characters in the story search for Cheese in the maze. The “Maze” in the story represents where we spend time looking for what we want. It can be the organization we work in, the community we live in, or the relationships we have in your life. Cheese is the Metaphor. Cheese is what we want in our life – o Whether it is a job o A loving relationship o Money or…

identity, including finding and growing an identity as a child. Alice goes through many trials in the novel, and readers watch her change and adapt to get through all of these. Disney’s 1951 adaptation Alice in Wonderland has Alice go through many of these same challenges. Yet as a children’s film, some of the depth of these challenges is taken away. Alice in Wonderland showcases the ways childhood identity changes through internal conflict, contradictory…

The main character is unknown, with the book being based on their diary. We, the readers, have no info on her name, but I’m going to use Alice. We do have information on her age. This book is based on the 1960’s and in the beginning of the book, she just turned 15. Her first time using drugs weren’t on purpose, however she does get sucked into the world of them. She eventually becomes an addict, but there are some moments that they tried to stop, but relapses. And that is why I do want to become…

Go Ask Alice was written in 1971 by Beatrice Sparks. Sparks was born on January 15, 1917 and died on May 25, 2012.She was an American therapist and Mormon youth counselor who was known for writing books that were from the real diaries from her patience and from the girls she counseled. It Happened to Nancy(1994), (where a fourteen-year-old girl, was raped and received AIDS from a college boy) and Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager, are just a few of Sparks other famous…

wrist watch would be, is easily contained in his pocket as he's running to all of his known places where he is chronically late. Alice is peering off in the distance in the poster as if she's looking for something that makes sense, something normal but not so normal in a way that is boring. She looking for adventure and wants to be fulfilled in her journey in the place of great and strange beauty known as wonderland. The Mad hatter dressed in the most strangest of outfits with a spool…

Wonderland is as beautiful and colorful as she remembered, reminiscent of a masterpiece painting using colors selected by a child. Alice navigates through the dense forests, tall mushrooms and strange fauna. Alice navigates the path as if she’d done it every day of her life. Upon stumbling through a darker part on her path she all at once gets the sensation of being watched, a chill goes down her spine; the sense of someone breathing on her neck; the sound of faint whispers into her ear, yet she…

I learned many new things from this book such as bunny latin. What I mean is the latin would call rabbits Leporidae. Another interesting thing I learned is that rabbits do not hibernate. They can use their warm fur coats to protect them through the winter. Did you know that in one litter there can be 1-14 babies but usually there is about six. Female rabbits make about four or more litters a year, that's 24 babies! I think that Kristin Petrie did a good job of explaining everything.…

normally happen if one were growing up . Alice is then trying to figure out how to stay to her normal size through of the book. She has to learn how to act like an adult throughout the book . Alice is troubled with these issues of suddenly acting like an adult and growing up . The Rapid Change of Growth Alice encounters many growth changes through the book. The first change she goes through is in the first chapter when she sees the bottle that has a label that says drink me on it . Alice…

“Curiouser and curiouser!” is the exclamation Alice cries out as she witnesses the absurdities of Wonderland, a magical and frightening, dream world (Carroll 8). It is a statement all readers can certainly agree with as Alice makes her way through a plethora of different, but equally disturbing settings. Her journey begins simply enough at the bank of a river with her sister, when out of the blue, a white, clothed, talking* rabbit hops past her. Alice hastily follows it right into an…