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Through the Looking Glass
Boekverslag Engels | Jasmijn Missler V5A

Through the Looking Glass (and what Alice found there) by Lewis Carroll

De naam van de auteur is Lewis Carroll. De titel van het boek luidt “Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there”. Het jaar van de eerste uitgave is 1872.
“Through the Looking Glass” is het vervolg op “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”.
Terwijl Alice met haar twee katten speelt, vraagt ze zich af hoe de wereld er uitziet vanaf de andere kant van de spiegel. Als ze op de open haard klimt en het glas wonderbaarlijk begint te smelten, besluit ze een kijkje te nemen. Als ze in een wonderlijke, gespiegelde versie van haar huis arriveert komt ze in een prachtige, zonnige tuin terecht (in tegenstelling tot het koude winterweer waar ze zich in bevond voordat ze door de spiegel ging). Hier ontmoet ze pratende bloemen en, nog belangrijker, de Rode Koningin. De Koningin kan zich ongelofelijk snel bewegen (dit komt overeen met een regel in een schaakspel: de Koningin kan meerdere vlakken opschuiven in alle mogelijke richtingen in één beurt). De Koningin daagt Alice uit tot een schaakspel. Nu wordt duidelijk dat het hele gebied is verdeeld in vlakken. Alice kan Koningin worden wanneer ze erin slaagt de achtste rang te bereiken. Concreet betekent dit dat Alice in 11 beurten wint. Ze begint echter onderaan de ladder, als een witte pion. Haar eerste zet vervoert zij zich per trein tot de 4e rang. Net als in een echt schaakspel mag een pion zich namelijk de eerste beurt twee vlakken verplaatsen. Vervolgens ontmoet Alice de tweeling Tweedledee en Tweedledum (de twee torens in het schaakspel), welbekend van een gedichtje. De tweeling waarschuwt Alice voor de slapende Rode Koning en vertellen haar dat ze enkel een figurant in zijn droom is. Daarna ontmoet Alice de Witte Koningin. Ze kan toekomstige gebeurtenissen herinneren al voordat zij zich hebben voorgedaan. Alice en de Witte Koningin zetten samen voort tot de 5e en vervolgens de 6e rang. Alice

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