The Wizard of Oz

I hope everyone is enjoying the first half of The Wizard of Oz. It was interesting to go from reading Alice and Wonderland then transitioning to Oz. It seems like Alice is more of a younger children's book and Oz for older children. They are both fantasy books but they are very different. I found the grammar, sentences and meanings in Alice more for young adults. While Oz is longer and has smaller text, it is more of a children's book. What I found in both stories is that they have significant meanings and symbols. If a child were to read these books they would simply understand the characters and the environments interesting, if an older child reads these books they are likely to see the meanings behind Dorothy's adventure in Oz. Personally I have enjoyed the beginning of Oz alot more than Alice, Alice in Wonderland is quite a strange book.

Alice In Wonderland

I decided to start this blog because I couldn't figure it out last week and nobody else has yet :)
Alice in Wonderland is a really strange book so far, but I can't say that I am surprised because I have seen the Disney movie so many times and it is not a whole lot different. Alice falls down a hole and enters another world where there is nothing but talking animals. Alice is a very strange and curious girl who talks to everyone, often offending them, but not as much as she talks to herself. Many people think that Carroll was on certain drugs when writing this book and once again I am not surprised, things like the queen of hearts and especially the caterpillar are just too weird and almost inappropriate. I really enjoy this book because it reminds me of when my mom used to read it to me. Some people may think it is not something you should read to your children but children don't know what a hookah is or understand the underlying messages that come across, it is a wonderful book that will spark their imaginations.

First Half of Alice in Wonderland

I have no idea on how to see other people's blog. So I am posting my own blog. The first half of the book was interesting. I never really knew how the story went, but I got a good understanding of what is going on. The beginning of the story is very interesting how Alice jumps into a hole that she doesn't even know where it is leading her. I went to a play before about Alice in Wonderland, but I never understood some parts of the play. After reading this book, I now understand the part about how she met the animals. It is interesting how the book gives the dialogues of Alice. That too made me understand why Alice was talking to herself so much at the play. She does a lot throughout the book and it makes it interesting because you know what she is thinking at that moment. I am lookin foward to finishing this book.

Ch. 5 Zipes

In chapter 5, Zipes introduced a woman name Wanda Gag. Zipes notes her on her work, which played a major role with the Grimm's fairy tales. He seemed inform about how Wanda changed the view of fairy tales. He notes that the original stories from Germany were gory. Zipe questioned about whether creators can "appropriately" write for children or actually write for children (p.88). I think it was a great question to be brought up because it does raise many of the questions we had about the earlier chapters. That is that the stories are for children or adults, and how publishers will modify the stories. Zipes explained about how Wanda contaminated some of the Grimm's Stories by changing a few things, but it did still follow the storyline. As for the Hansel and Gretel variants, they all had the same actions about returning a favor. I liked how the story about Molly Whuppie and The Rose Tree. They both had like a revenge type of ending. "What goes around, comes around", sums it up for me.