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“ It’s a great huge game of chess that’s being played- all over the world- if this is the world at all, you know.” - Alice
Introduction
Book Name: Through the looking glass
Author Name: Lewis Carroll
Genre: Children literature
Language: English
Growing up with this old tale, I have been curious about wonderland through Alice’s eyes. Until now, Alice’s imaginary world is still alive in front of my eyes through the beautifully poetic writing style of Lewis Carroll.
In Alice’s world, there is no rule, boundary, or standard. So, there comes no judgment, because everything is right in every way – as only imagination makes sense. Everything through Alice’s eyes becomes alive and characteristic, even flowers, trees, winds, cats, etc…. every creature can talk, walk, and be unafraid of telling stories.
Book Name: Through the looking glass
Author Name: Lewis Carroll
Genre: Children literature
Language: English
Growing up with this old tale, I have been curious about wonderland through Alice’s eyes. Until now, Alice’s imaginary world is still alive in front of my eyes through the beautifully poetic writing style of Lewis Carroll.
In Alice’s world, there is no rule, boundary, or standard. So, there comes no judgment, because everything is right in every way – as only imagination makes sense. Everything through Alice’s eyes becomes alive and characteristic, even flowers, trees, winds, cats, etc…. every creature can talk, walk, and be unafraid of telling stories.
About the author
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, and photographer.
His most famous writing is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking- Glass as well as the poems “ The Hunting of the Snark” and “Jabberwocky”, all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense. He also has works published under his real name.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, and photographer.
His most famous writing is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking- Glass as well as the poems “ The Hunting of the Snark” and “Jabberwocky”, all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense. He also has works published under his real name.
About the Book
The book is very short once again and it is divided into 12 chapters. Looking Glass House is the first in which Alice gets transported to this world once again, but by different means now. It is a fairly well-done chapter and a really good beginning albeit paling in comparison to the beginning of the previous novel.
The Garder of live flowers is the second chapter I liked it as it makes use of its characters perfectly. Looking Glass Insects is the third chapter this chapter is all about the insects also has its moments and the dialogue in it is great.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee is the fourth chapter in which Alice follows the path and comes upon the house of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Alice forgets they are alive and they reprimand her for not knowing the right manners for a visit. When they shake hands they all start dancing.
The book is very short once again and it is divided into 12 chapters. Looking Glass House is the first in which Alice gets transported to this world once again, but by different means now. It is a fairly well-done chapter and a really good beginning albeit paling in comparison to the beginning of the previous novel.
The Garder of live flowers is the second chapter I liked it as it makes use of its characters perfectly. Looking Glass Insects is the third chapter this chapter is all about the insects also has its moments and the dialogue in it is great.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee is the fourth chapter in which Alice follows the path and comes upon the house of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Alice forgets they are alive and they reprimand her for not knowing the right manners for a visit. When they shake hands they all start dancing.
Alice wants to know which road she should take to leave the forest, but they repeat “ The Walrus and the Carpenter” to her. This is the finest chapter in the book with great characterization and an intriguing plot. Tweedledum and Tweedledee run off and Alice hides in the forest. She notices a shawl being blown away.
The fifth chapter is Wool and Water in this chapter Alice catches the shawl and sees the White Queen running through the wood. As she is very untidy. Alice helps her to put on her shawl again and brushes her hair. The Queen wants to hire her as a lady’s maid, but she refuses. When Alice walks to it, it seems to get further away. She finds trees growing in the shop and she even has to cross a little brook.
The sixth chapter is Humpty Dumpty in which Alice approaches, the egg gets larger and more human and eventually turns into Humpty Dumpty, who is sitting on a very narrow wall. She offends him by calling him an egg and he tells her that her name doesn’t fit her shape. This is also a superb and probably the finest part of the book with some great discussions. Alice walks away and a heavy crash shakes the forest.
The seventh chapter is The Lion and the Unicorn the next moments several thousand soldiers and horses come running out of the wood. They all keep stumbling and tripping over each other. When Alice reaches an open place, she sees the White King with his memorandum book. It is often good and also Queen Alice is sometimes fine, but other chapters are lacking both in its story and its characters.
The fifth chapter is Wool and Water in this chapter Alice catches the shawl and sees the White Queen running through the wood. As she is very untidy. Alice helps her to put on her shawl again and brushes her hair. The Queen wants to hire her as a lady’s maid, but she refuses. When Alice walks to it, it seems to get further away. She finds trees growing in the shop and she even has to cross a little brook.
The sixth chapter is Humpty Dumpty in which Alice approaches, the egg gets larger and more human and eventually turns into Humpty Dumpty, who is sitting on a very narrow wall. She offends him by calling him an egg and he tells her that her name doesn’t fit her shape. This is also a superb and probably the finest part of the book with some great discussions. Alice walks away and a heavy crash shakes the forest.
The seventh chapter is The Lion and the Unicorn the next moments several thousand soldiers and horses come running out of the wood. They all keep stumbling and tripping over each other. When Alice reaches an open place, she sees the White King with his memorandum book. It is often good and also Queen Alice is sometimes fine, but other chapters are lacking both in its story and its characters.
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The eighth chapter is “ It’s my own invention” in this chapter the White Knight wins and tells her that he is here to guide her safely to the eighth square. He starts showing her some of his inventions. As he keeps falling, Alice thinks he is not a very good rider, but he tells her that he has had plenty of practice. Then he rides away and Alice enters the eighth square. She suddenly finds herself wearing a golden crown.
The ninth chapter is about Queen Alice in this Alice realizes that she now is a queen. The White Queen and Red Queen invite her to her dinner- party and start examining her with nonsensical questions and giving her lessons in manners.
The tenth chapter is Shaking while shaking the queen she starts getting smaller, softer, and rounder…. The eleventh chapter is Waking …. And Alice notices that she has turned into a kitten. The twelfth chapter is Which dreamed it? Alice realizes that she has dreamt the whole thing and that she is now back in the drawing-room, holding her black kitten.
She walks to the table, takes the chess- a piece of the Red Queen and tries to make the kitten confess that it turned into her. She asks the kitty who it was that dreamt the story; she or the Red King, but it keeps licking its paw and doesn’t answer. It is quite a memorable and satisfying ending.
In the end, Through the Looking Glass has its issues mainly the much weaker second half, some forgettable characters and it is very uneven both in quality and pacing, but some characters are very memorable and well developed, the imagination is terrific as its world-building and there are many great dialogues and discussions about language.
My rating for the book: 3.9/5
In the end, Through the Looking Glass has its issues mainly the much weaker second half, some forgettable characters and it is very uneven both in quality and pacing, but some characters are very memorable and well developed, the imagination is terrific as its world-building and there are many great dialogues and discussions about language.
My rating for the book: 3.9/5
You can easily buy this book from Amazon: Through the Looking Glass
Written By – Prachi Mann
Written By – Prachi Mann
Edited By - Anamika Malik
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