Throughout the story of “Alice’s Adventure In Wonderland” Alice our protagonist have been eating and drinking sweets of some kind which alter her size in some way, but what really is interesting is the mushroom or fungi which was different compare to the other food Alice have intake thus far. Looking up the year the story was publish it was around the 1860s somewhere in Europe which made me dug a little deeper in identifying the type of mushroom which Alice might have eaten. After eating the mushroom Alice experience something that might be of a fantasy which she ether grew in size or shrunk depending which side she took a bite from, but this might be reality because there is a type of fungi known as Psilocybin which causes hallucination which in Alice case growing bigger or shrinking smaller. These fungi other than causing the eater hallucination can also changes the perception and distort time of a person. So is Alice’s adventure really just a fantasy or reality mixed with a little hallucination either way this is all happening in Alice’s head.
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The Dark Truth of The Little Red Riding Hood
I once thought the Little Red Riding Hood was a story meant to teach the lesson of not talking to strangers, but after reading different variance of the story it made me realize it has a much deeper meaning. The new lesson I found in some of the variance was to belittle women, showing how vulnerable they were, but in others they show how strong women can be. The similarity of all these was men was described as being a wolf (and bear) or just a savage animal that gives in to their animalistic instincts, this meant men gives in to their needs such as hunger or sexual desires. If one would read these to a child, they would most likely get the idea talking to strangers and disobeying your parents can lead to dangerous conclusions, but to some adults we see the hidden meaning of each characters such as little red can be a heroine that modern girls would not be tricked easily or how a huntsman can come to the rescue after little red learned her lesson. I think different version of these story were created to target different readers of different age; they can censor inappropriate contents for the younger audiences and let older audiences read the raw versions, but since all the story branch from a common source there should be a universal meaning or lesson to be learned and in the Little Red Riding Hood I think the universal lesson was not to trust strangers who are unfamiliar to you.
The case of Peter Pan
Before reading this essay I always think that Peter Pan is a story aimed at children of a young age, however looking closely at the story once again after reading this case have made me realize that Peter Pan is not a story meant for children at all. I did a little bit more research on the author of Peter Pan to gain a better understanding of what was the intended reason for the story Peter Pan. I notice that most of the story written by the author involves children in the story, just like Peter Pan it seems to tell a story that show us the reader that the story was intended to show a deeper feeling the author have towards children. Just as stated on page 58 “Peter Pan has never, in any easy way, been a book for children at all”. I agree with this point that Peter Pan was never meant to be a children book, but was toned down to fit a more innocent role for children to understand. I think that the deeper meaning in Peter Pan is to show the ill side of this children’s classic; to show how the author is in a way a lover of young boys and how he uses the story to write down a fantasy of his. Some books that was never meant to be targeted towards children as seen can be toned down for a younger audience to enjoy, this mean that different age group will see something different in the genre of children lit.