What kind of fairy tale is Chu Kuang’s “Alice in Wonderland”
In fact, the story itself is not complicated.
A little girl named Alice entered a wonderland-like world, met many interesting friends, and experienced many absurd and magical encounters.
In this world, the White Queen and the Red Queen are facing off.
In the end, Alice helped the White Queen defeat the Red Queen.
Finally, Alice woke up.
She realized that there was no magic in the world and the so-called fairyland was just her dream.
What is really complicated about this story is the moral.
Every line and every plot in this novel seems to have a special meaning.
Different readers are bound to have different feelings about this.
Some people were even confused after reading it.
Some people think they understand it, but after thinking about it carefully, they are not sure whether they really understand it.
So after the novel was released, the first hot comment in the novel review section of Xingkong.com was:
“A weird and absurd fairy tale.”
The second hot comment seems to be a response to the first one:
“Strangely cute, strangely interesting, strangely absurd, and strangely wonderful.”
This kind of strangeness appears in many corners of fairy tales.
For example, drinking a potion will make you bigger...
For example, eating cookies will shrink you...
For example, rabbits and cats can talk...
For example, the meaningful dialogue in the novel:
"Which way should I go?"
"Where do you want to go?"
"I have no idea."
"Then it's the same no matter how you go."
"If you go the wrong way."
"Then I'll make a way."
Another example is the beautiful and memorable lines in the novel:
The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.
There is no use going back to yesterday because I was different then than I am today.
People always think that time is a thief, stealing everything we love. However, time gives first and then takes away. Every day is a gift, every hour, every minute, every second.
The best people are a little crazy.
In our country, the only way to stay in the same place is to keep running.
certainly.
It also includes the question that many people have not been able to find an answer to:
Why do crows look like desks
But there is no doubt about it.
Everyone loves this fairy tale.
The book review storm officially began at this moment.
“This fairy tale by Chu Kuang is absurd and cute. I am worthy of being one of the first readers to pre-order. I like this story not because of how fantastic the process is, but because of the last sentence. Maybe many years later the little girl will become a woman, and I will no longer be the girl with Alice syndrome, but at least I have been happy.”
"I feel lazy and free. I like this carefree feeling."
"There was a time when I had nightmares. In my dreams, someone was always trying to kill me, but I wasn't scared at all because I knew it was just a dream and I could wake up anytime if I wanted."
"This fairy tale is actually recommended for more adults to read."
"I also think this is a fairy tale for adults. The essence of fantasy is absurdity. Beauty is hiding extreme irony. Ugliness and beauty, even good and evil, are always relative, contradictory and unified."
"Why do I feel uncomfortable watching this fairy tale?"
"It's not that mysterious actually. I feel that Chu Kuang's fairy tale is telling us not to be swayed by the secular world and the constraints of the outside world, and to stick to what we want in our hearts. Alice was originally a person who dared to pursue her dreams and was not used to the various rules and regulations at the time. Alice in the first part was such a person, but after her father died, she gradually lost her courageous qualities until she came to Wonderland again and found herself again."
"… "
The story of the original novel is a bit lacking and a bit of a diary.
Lin Yuan did not make major changes to the plot, but he did highlight the story, such as the confrontation between the White Queen and the Red Queen.
This is conducive to character creation and allows everyone to feel more involved when they are dreaming in Wonderland.
This idea is based on the film and television adaptations of the Alice series on Earth.
The effect is pretty good.
With the shadow illustration, the edible effect is doubled.
In a slightly adapted version of the story, the Red Queen is cruel and the White Queen is kind.
But the reason why the Red Queen became cruel was because she was hurt by the White Queen when she was young.
When I was a child.
The White Queen ate the fruit tart, but the fruit tart shell fell into the Red Queen's room.
The mother questioned the Red Queen, and the Red Queen said that it was the White Queen who ate it. However, the mother did not believe it because the White Queen was a good child in her heart.
The White Queen did not explain because she was timid.
The Red Queen, the eldest daughter, was wrongly accused and ran out of the room in anger. As a result, her head was pinched and turned into a big head, which was laughed at by the people.
The Red Queen felt insulted and threatened to chop off these people's heads.
The father was furious and announced on the spot that the Red Queen had lost her inheritance rights and the White Queen would inherit the country.
This is why the White Queen and the Red Queen are in opposition in the story.
Many readers are arguing about this plot.
Some people think that the Red Queen is simple-minded and only became evil because of her experience in her youth. The White Queen should tell the truth instead of letting her sister suffer injustice.
Some people think that the White Queen was still young at that time and did not understand these things.
The Red Queen turned evil because she was not a good person. She killed too many innocent people. We cannot blame all the mistakes on the shadow of her childhood and absolve herself of all blame.
“No one loves me.”
The Red Queen always said, "Being scary is more practical than being cute."
The Red Queen rules by force.
The White Queen rules with kindness.
When this debate was about to expand, someone said: "The Red Queen is simple but also scary, and the White Queen is kind but lacks a certain sense of responsibility. I think what Chu Kuang wanted to express is that the two queens can learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses."
It’s interesting that…
In most fairy tales, villains are hated.
However, the Red Queen did not receive unanimous criticism, as many people sympathized with her.
Perhaps it is because the Red Queen is very friendly to some deformed people, because she herself is a megacephalic child who was mutated due to a head injury caused by the stimulation of her sister.
At the end of the story, Lin Yuan also arranged the century-long reconciliation between the Red Queen and the White Queen.
The Red Queen was petrified.
For the first time, the White Queen disregarded her etiquette and ran away with her petrified sister, causing herself to be petrified as well.
After the curse was lifted, the White Queen apologized to the Red Queen for what happened when they were children.
The Red Queen said: "I have been waiting for these words all these years. This is all I want."
Lin Yuan’s writing style is absolutely neutral.
The story of the Red Queen and the White Queen is left to the readers to judge.
But Alice has actually chosen the White Queen, probably because the Red Queen has inflicted her personal pain on too many people.
There's no way to wash this off.
Lin Yuan didn't plan to wash either.
Just like the portrayal of the White Queen, she is not as pure and flawless as she shows to the outside world. This is a kind of anti-traditional fairy tale thinking. Even the kind-hearted White Queen has her own flaws, just like the vicious Red Queen who also has her own tragic past and whose evilness is direct and simple.
Improved storytelling...
Plot considerations...
Absurd fun...
The philosophy of language...
Coupled with the description and control of the picture by shadow painting, it makes people feel like they are watching a movie rather than a simple fairy tale novel. These are the necessary factors for the popularity of "Alice in Wonderland".
Yes.
Alice.
It’s already popular.
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ps: I referred to the plot of the movie version. Although the movie has many shortcomings, I feel that the characterization of the Red Queen is quite good. This characterization is also in line with the characteristic that no one is perfect. This fairy tale is interesting in that it is very philosophical, and there is no absolute opposition between good and evil as in other fairy tales.