Book Summary:
This story begins on an ordinary morning, with Alice moaning about her cat’s mischief while speaking in a quiet, reproachful tone. Alice becomes fascinated by the Looking-Glass House and gradually diverts the conversation toward the looking glass. Her excitement builds until she can no longer contain it.
Eventually, she jumps into the house. This is where Alice enters a world filled with strange nursery rhyme characters and living chess pieces. She is introduced to this place through whimsical poems, like Jabberwocky.
As the story progresses, Alice meets several chess pieces, including the Red Queen and the White Queen. She also encounters two brothers, Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Whenever one expressed an opinion, the other would contradict it. The brothers were both quite plump and grinned from ear to ear.
When Alice began to feel her stomach rumble, she bought an egg—which turned out to be none other than Humpty Dumpty. He rambled on about irrelevant things, yet entertained Alice enough to distract her from her hunger.
Although Alice was enjoying her time in this strange realm, she had one dream: to become a queen. After bidding farewell to Humpty Dumpty, she met the Red Queen and the White Queen again. This time, they quizzed her to test her knowledge.
As the queens had predicted, Alice failed to answer their questions. However, she didn’t mind. Her only concern was fulfilling her dream. The journey toward becoming a queen had already distracted her from simply enjoying the moment.
In the end, Alice is crowned queen alongside the other chesspiece monarchs.
In summary, one’s childish nature is sometimes seen as a hindrance in the real world—but it can also lead us to places we’ve never imagined or stepped into before.
Review:
When Alice, a girl whose mind brims with curiosity, steps through the looking glass, her day takes an unexpected turn, leading her to a realm of whimsical characters and living chess pieces.
As Alice navigates her way through this strange world, meeting characters like the Red Queen, Lewis Carroll adds poems and comical dialogue to the scenes. By including these elements, he changes the way Alice and the other characters are portrayed, giving the story a unique charm.
Not only Alice, but other entertaining characters like Tweedledum and Humpty Dumpty also enhance the overall quality of the book. From this story, I perceive that Alice’s curiosity, combined with the unique mindsets of the other characters, has helped make this book a masterpiece.
Though some of the longer poems may occasionally feel monotonous, the overall experience remains imaginative and engaging.
This book and its characters have truly been brought to life by Lewis Carroll.
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