Ideas 4 FAT Body Paragraph / Jabberwocky

IDEAS FOR BODY PARAGRAPH(s)

• --> Bio on Lewis Carroll 

• --> Background info on the time period - written in 1871 

• --> Analyze the literal v. the possible figurative meaning(s) of the story. What might it represent?

• --> Take a look at the many ways this has been interpreted in performance situations.

• --> Dive deeper into the weapon used. What does that tell us about the story, the character, the time period, etc. ?

• --> Compare to other stories that result in victory over a foe or threat.
(Possibly St. George and the Dragon, Abayoyo, David and Goliath, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Beowulf

• -->  Look at the alternate POV. What might the the story be from the Jabberwock's perspective?

• --> Why is this an appealing story & poem for both children and adults?  Analysis of Carroll's "Jabberwocky" 

• --> What is the Jabberwocky? What does it represent? What other beasts is it like? 

• -->  A comparison to Voldemort from Harry Potter, Grendel from Beowulf, Frankenstein, Dracula, the Kraken from Norse Mythology, Scylla from Homer's Odyssey,  Balrog from Lord of the Rings, or Smaug from The Hobbit
https://interestingliterature.com/2020/05/best-fictional-monsters-in-literature/

• --> Which of the "Seven Basic Plots" is Jabberwocky?  
Why might it be compared to Beowulf or Lord of the Rings?  
https://interestingliterature.com/2016/01/22/a-short-analysis-of-jabberwocky-by-lewis-carroll/

• --> A discussion of the topic clincher that Lewis uses in the book. Is it effective. Why? or why not? What does it mean?

• --> Focus on nonsense words:

History of nonsense stories 

A look at specific words possibly including portmanteau* 

Examples of how we understand the nonsense words based on syntax and similarity of sounds 

The number of nonsense words in the poem  and those that are now commonly used

* A portmanteau (pronounced port-MAN-toe) is a word made by blending at least two words. The new word combines both the sounds and meanings of the originals. To form a portmanteau, usually the first segment of one word is attached to the final segment of another word