Unit 1 Reflection Paper

Consider your understanding of Alice Through the Looking Glass. Also, read and consider the discussion posts and responses about the novel. Then, think about what makes this novel difficult to understand. Find places where there is tension or difficulty in the text.

For this reflection paper, Identify three areas of difficulty/tension. Then, in two to three double-spaced paragraphs for each area, explain the difficulty/tension or discuss how it effects the text.

Use the “Areas of Difficulty Worksheet” to complete the assignment and submit it here.

Area of Difficulty #1: Quotation

Area of Difficulty #1: Explanation
(2-3 paragraphs)

Area of Difficulty #2: Quotation

Area of Difficulty #2: Explanation
(2-3 paragraphs)

Area of Difficulty #3: Quotation

Area of Difficulty #3: Explanation
(2-3 paragraphs)

ANSWER

Reflection Paper

Area of Difficulty #1: The Loneliness of Growing Up

Area of Difficulty #1: Explanation

Alice grows up with inescapable sense of loneliness throughout her adventures. Her only companion was the cat before she finally entered the looking Glass world. She frequently meets disappointment every time she tries to seek understanding and compassion from the individuals she means.

she was rudely treated by the flowers of Humpty Dumpty. The Fawn flew from her after the Fawn realized she was human.

Area of Difficulty #2: Language to Order the World

Area of Difficulty #2: Explanation

From the setting of through the Looking-Glass we understand that language has the capacity to anticipate and even cause events. On several occasions we realized that Iris must recite a nursery rhymes allowed. The nursery rhymes cause the Tweedledum and Tweedle-dee’s, the lion and the unicorns to perform the actions that Alice resides in her nursery poems.

We learn that language is a powerful tool not only used for conversation but to anticipate and course events.

Area of Difficulty #3: Chess as Metaphor for Fate

Area of Difficulty #3: Explanation

Alice lives in a wild with rigidly constructed rules. the rigid reconstructed rules lead her along the path to a preordained conclusion. Alice does not have so much control over the trajectory that her life takes. Most of her choices and actions are influenced by outside forces. She has very little influence towards her way of becoming the Queen. she does not fully understand the rules of the game and has very limited power on influencing the outcomes.

From carols understanding there must be a larger force that guides individuals through life and all events are preordained. An overarching unseen Force rigidly determines the rules that guides individual choices. Carol suggests that free will is an illusion.