The Hatter and the Hare

In Tim Burton's "Alice In Wonderland," the Mad Hatter and the March Hare were depicted somewhat differently than they were in Lewis Carroll's version. Of course they were still just as crazy and contradicting as they were in the book, but there were a few things that did not match up or were not completely expressed in the book. The main thing I noticed was that the Hatter seemed much more dark in the movie, almost depressed and even scary. In the book it seemed he was a very happy enthusiastic character. The March Hare also differed between the versions a bit. In the book he was definately insane as his sentence were very contradictory, but in the movie it almost seemed like he was tripping on acid or something of that sort. He really did not say much and when he did they were very random and abstract things like "cup!" As for the Cat, I thought he was portrayed fairly similar in both versions. The only thing I noticed was that in Burton's version he kind of floated around like a ghost and I really did not get that from the book. He just kind of disappeared. But yeah, the tea party and its participants definately were not as light-hearted and chaotic as they were portrayed as in the book.

The Era of Queen Victoria

Lasting from 1837 to 1901, the Victorian era was that of Queen Victoria's reign over England. During this time, the population nearly doubled due to the advances in industry during the Industrial Revolution. This rapid growth of people caused much poverty, overcrowding and hard times for a major portion of the people of England. Because of this, child labor became widely popular as families struggled to get by. During this time there were also some important advances in communication. Railroads were put into placed and used more often for the transportation of goods. "Railway time" was also adopted all over Britain which helped in uniting the country. It is also said that during the era that science became what we know it as today, with such books as The Origin of Species by Darwin being published.
~SOURCE: Wikipedia~

Favorite Book

I would have to say that out of all the book I have read, my favorite was probably The Road by Cormac McCarthy which I read last year for AP Literature. There were many things I liked about it. First of all, I really like books and movie dealing with post-disaster/ apocalypse scenarios. I also liked the style in which it was written. McCarthy did not use correct sentence structure but rather simple fragments to tell the story. The imagery in this books was also well used. He was able to bring the foreign and alien setting to life for the reader. Good book