Jabberwocky

Evil takes a prominent role in the classic adventure novel Watership Down, and the author, Richard Adams, introduces many old and new reactions to evil as the story progresses. Richard Adams makes his point very clear, there is evil everywhere on Earth, and it can even be present the downs of the English countryside. Richard Adams explores this idea of evil through many different forms: foxes, badgers, birds, humans, and the earth itself. The novel shows the readers these responses so, in turn, the reader knows the correct way to respond to evil accordingly. In Watership Down, while running away was the easiest way to respond to evil, the rabbits looked to the natural world and fought back as well.

At first glance, Richard Wilbur’s “A Barred Owl” appears to be short and straightforward: a child, awakened by the hoot of an owl, calls for her parents, who soothe her with a lie about the owl’s supposed harmlessness. The child, blissfully unaware of the owl’s true nature, falls back to sleep, leaving the parents to reflect upon the owl, who they know to be a predatory creature. However, after a closer look at the puns and symbols Wilbur uses, “A Barred Owl” becomes more than just a simple poem about a child’s fear. Furthermore, Wilbur’s theme about ignorance is applicable in life, especially politics, today.

There are many examples of how diction is used in “A Barred Owl”. When Wilbur mentions “The warping night-air” (Wilbur, 1), it created an ominous tone by giving off a negative connotation right from the start. Wilbur then mentions “Words, which can make our terrors bravely clear” (Wilbur, 7) In this line, the word that resonates clearly is “Terror” which illustrates the the severity of her fear. Fear, among many emotions often occupies the majority of our thoughts, as shown when Wilbur mentions the “owl’s voice into her darkened room” (Wilbur, 2).

Well, “The Lorax” and “Jabberwocky” are not all that different. They both have the use of nonsense words! “The Lorax” has many nonsense words such as “gruvvulous” and “snuvv”. Organisms have nonsense names too like “Bar-ba-loot” and “Swomee swans”. “Jabberwocky” has more use of nonsense words but still is similar to “The Lorax” in this way. Words used are “vorpal” and “gyre” and “wabe”. Organisms are also named with nonsense words for example, “Bandersnatch”, “Tumtum tree”, “Jubjub bird”. Even the title is a word not known to be! At last, a similarity! You didn’t think these stories were all that different, did you?

The two stories “The Jabberwocky” and “The Lorax,” are both similar in the sense the authors use nonsensical words and other literary devices to enhance parts of their stories. Why do the authors do these things and how do they affect the story.

Meanwhile the Jabberwocky poem is more of an evil place to begin with, and grows to be more happy after the boy defeats the creature of nightmare. Secondly, a reason that the Lorax is different than the Jabberwocky is the character composition and roles. In the Lorax, the enemy is man, the savior is an irrational being, and the creatures living on the land are more happy and fun to be around. Contrary to this, in the Jabberwocky, the enemy is a man defying, irrational being, the savior is man, and the creatures of the land are more creepy, less

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Of Borogroves and Slithy Toves When you hear the word 'Jabberwocky' what do you think? I think of how twisted and immense Lewis Carol's depiction of Wonderland really is. People interpret "The Jabberwocky" in many different ways. Honestly, I have my own multitude of interpretations for "The Jabberwocky". I believe there are three themes that make this poem what it is.

FIrst we will compare the mood.In the lorax the mood is kind of sad and confident. It is sad because he cuts down all the trees and caused pollution so the animals had to leave. It was confident because the lorax speaks out for the creatures and the trees. In the jabberwocky it’s very brave and kind of creepy. It was brave when he slayed the jabberwocky. It was scary when he's explaining the creatures in the wood and the setting. So they have the bravery in common.

The poem begins and closes with the same stanza, similar to the chorus of a ballad. This stanza consists of portmanteau language that works as imagery to describe the peculiar ‘toves,’ ‘borogroves,’ and ‘raths.’ It also introduces the nature aspect of the poem that plays into the central theme. In the next stanza, the protagonist is warned about the ‘Jabberwock’, ‘Jubjub bird,’ and ‘Bandersnatch,’ and the alliterative ‘claws that catch.’ All of these names for the beasts relay an image of jabbing and snatching in the reader’s mind that makes nature appear evil and vicious, also contributing to the idea of man versus nature.

Hobbes sees the state of nature as a horrible place where fear rules every person living

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