Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-28486044-20160727075112/@comment-26463535-20160730202403

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: ......If someone even thinks Alice In Wonderland has anything even reasonably resembling an aesop, that person is definitely more high than Alice herself probably was through the whole story. No, that part is actually completely true. Imaginary numbers were being postulated in the university and Lewis Carroll wrote his story partially in protest. Alice was not at all suppose to be high, that is something people read into the story, she was just experiencing what the world logically could be like if imaginary numbers were real (and I heard from someone who studied math that Mr. Carroll was mathematically correct with his book).

I do agree with you that people can read too much into stories. I still don't think Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea was suppose to be a Christ figure, for instance, even if my English teacher wanted us to look for it. I think it was simply exploring failure and the fact that even the most independent men will require help once they are old.