Alice in this line contradicts
the two worlds that she herself is trying to figure out, one is the real world
and the other is a fairy tale.
Alice in the wonderland, what we studied in school or saw in
the movie creates non figurative impression of what the world is about. It is although
a fairy tale challenging Alice the protagonist, between the real and the surreal
world, between what she wants or believes and what the world expects out of
her.
At an early age when such a literature is added under school
curriculum, I wonder what are we trying to impart into our children, at one
point I feel it is to believe and achieve what we desire. But would it be good
enough to understand the depth of the literature involved in the story at such a
young age.
No offense Lewis Carroll or any other authors, I mean since
childhood I am a fan of fairy tales, but past few years when you stand and
acknowledge the real world it makes me wonder, would it be correct to read out fairy tales
to a kid, may be fairy tales were created just to amaze kids and create interest
in learning and reading. But I have read somewhere that something learnt in
childhood remains forever.
Before the genre of fantasy was brought into existence written
literature and mostly narration was addressed as fairy tales, like Tolkien's
The Hobbit, George Orwell's Animal Farm, L Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of
Oz, Panchatantra, Cinderella, Pentamerone and many more.
In the name of folklore and folktales, these narrations that
have passed on from centuries can be justified, the subsistence of a fairy tale is
although subjective at times and sometimes even irrelevant, but a childhood without
fairy tales also cannot be imagined.
Nevertheless may be every individual has to go through a phase
where learning, unlearning & relearning has to be done.
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