Alice in Wonderland
A Grin without a Cat
If I had to choose a favorite character from Alice in Wonderland, I would choose the Cheshire Cat. He’s creepy and possibly madder than any of the other characters, but he knows things. He knows things, and he refuses to share them.
Off with Their Heads!
Some writers bear an uncanny resemblance to the Queen of Hearts. They’re illogical, absurd. If Lewis Carroll were to meet some of those writers, he might use his description of the Queen in reference to them. He says the Queen is a “blind fury.” She has no self-control. Every difficulty, no matter how great or trifling, is met with her well-known and oft-quoted phrase, “Off with their heads!”
Murdering the Time
In Alice in Wonderland, the Hatter (ostensibly not mad yet) is sentenced to death by the Queen of Hearts for “murdering the time” with the song he attempts to sing at her celebration. He escapes death, as many of the characters in the tale do, but not the attention of Time. Time is so angry with the Hatter for “killing” him that Time halts time itself, imprisoning the Hatter in time, at six p.m., the time for tea.
The White Rabbit
Lewis Carroll describes the White Rabbit as being “elderly, timid, feeble, and nervously shilly-shallying.” The rabbit also is rude to anyone he deems inferior and grovels before those who are superior. He has no weight to him; he is all white fluff.
Down the Rabbit Hole
A month or so ago, I spent some time with one of my friends (You should visit his site. He’s an amazing artist.) from graduate school. He introduced me to his friends as a writer, poet, artist, entrepreneur, and social media guru. I was more than a little embarrassed. I never, ever imagined that I would be introduced in such a fashion.