Reading Notes: Nursery Rhymes, Part A

I LOVE rhymes. Being an ad student I love play on words, alliteration, and rhyming. I know quite a few nursery rhymes already, but I enjoy reading more.

Tales: there are many that follow the AA - BB - CC pattern. Element of nature and outdoors. The crooked man is fun to read. The fat man of Bombay is very imaginable. I can put some sort of a spin on the three men of Gotham. Writings that include the sea always intrigue me. The events on certain days of the week in Solomon Grundy would be a great starting ground for a story as well.

Proverbs: There is a redundancy in actions. The sneezing proverb could also be used for a story since in incorporates action on certain days too.

Songs: I looked up the beat to some of these songs because I wanted to sing it (Little Bo Peep in particular). Songs are always fun, they’re easier to remember because there is a beat to it. I sang Sing a Song of Sixpence for middle school choir! I remember most of it instantaneously! Four and twenty blackbirds~ Baked in a pieeee~

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Riddles: Long legs, crooked thighs, little head, and no eyes. Haha, I had no idea that was a pair of tongs. These are very clever. I do not possess the cleverness for this. It’s mindboggling at the same time.

Paradoxes: All these nursery rhymes are very long to get through. Since it’s not in a story element, you have to really think it through as you are reading.

Charms and Lullabies: Oh, Peter Piper. The butter one does not make sense to me. The swimming rhyme messed with my head so much.

Games: The Jack be nimble rhyme reminds me of the Geico commercial! That was an intelligent twist to the original version! They added an extended version of what happened to Jack. Some of these include noises instead of words.


Bibliography: Nursery Rhymes by Andrew Lang

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Reading Notes: Alice in Wonderland, Part B

Cheshire Cat by Wikipedia

Alice is quite sassy. There's a lot of dialogue. The characters are having an analogy debate. More caps is being used for emphasis. Everything said is very inquisitive. The choice of words are written in a specific and unnatural style of speaking.

The intro starts off descriptive. It is very easy to imagine the entrance of the garden. Here the characters are named after numbers. Two did this. Five said that. The queen wants to behead people. The only person that has a name is Alice. Everyone is just named after their titles. Rabbit. Queen. Cheshire Cat.

This jury is very irrational. Everyone is so quick to judge. There's a variety of long paragraphs and short ones. Yelling equals all caps. The illustration of the Alice and the cards is cool to see.

Bibliography: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

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Reading Notes: Alice in Wonderland, Part A

Alice and Caterpillar by Dawn Hudson

I chose to read this because I know the general idea of the story already! I’ve read a bit and watched the movies. I feel like it should be mostly the same right?

There are emphasis on words like VERY. Descriptive of feelings and actions. For quotes there’s only ‘ instead of “ ? Alice fell and is confused where she went. She went down, down, down the rabbit hole. I can imagine the movie at this part. Accents are prominent and words are typed like they sound, “Dinah” for dinner. It is very easy to imagine everything happening, and the illustrations are spot on. Everything is odd sizes or a little off. A table only has three legs. The door is tiny. She drank the potion. It was not labeled poison so she felt it was safe.

Fast forward and she ran into a caterpillar. More word EMPHASIZED. There are many quotes to keep the story interesting and cohesive. The caterpillar gave her some advice. He is very inquisitive like a therapist. She was attacked by a pigeon who thought she was a serpent.

There are parts I do not recall in the movies. The Footman seems new to me? But the Cheshire Cat is familiar! His distinctive smile. She ended up taking care of a pig, which grunted a lot. Again, the illustration is amazing.


Bibliography: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll