Jabberwocky
Lewis Carroll’s poem Jabberwocky is a difficult piece of literature to read. The poem begins by telling the reader the setting of the poem. From the words in the text, “Twas briling and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wave”, we can assume that the day is beautiful and that it is possible things are blowing in the wind. Next, the father tells the son to “Beware the Jabberwocky, my son!”. We now know that whatever this Jabberwocky may be, it is a dangerous thing or creature. The father then elaborates more on the Jabberwocky, “the jaws that bite, the claws that catch!”. We know for sure now that it is a wild creature of some kind. The father also seems to be warning his son of some other types of animals, “Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch!”. From reading that excerpt, we know that the Jubjub is a bird but we are not quite sure what a Bandersnatch is. By reviewing a little, in order not to get lost in the nonsense words, we know that there is a boy who is warned by his father to “beware” of the Jabberwocky, the Jubjub bird, and the Bandersnatch. The boy then reaches for his sword and he
Lewis Carroll’s poem Jabberwocky was a very hard piece of literature to read, and even harder to understand. The words that were used to convey a theme were at first, only nonsense. I interpreted the poem as best I could using the words that I could understand. I then filled in the rest of the story by speculation. I think that from the description of the Jabberwocky in the very beginning, it made it clear to recognize that there was a scary creature, that needed to be overcome. From this, I tried to imagine what the beginning and the ending would be, if the words were to have a common knowledge meaning. We know that there is a father and a son which allowed me to assume the feelings towards the end of the poem. The author used nonsense words to tell a very uncomplicated story. I personally don’t perceive this piece of work as anything grand. I think that after translating all of the nonsense words, the story found beneath it all should have been something unique and incredible, not a simple theme of a young boy defeating a creature. rests by the Tumtum tree. While the boy is resting against the tree, he is in deep thought. What the boy i
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