belligerentyouth wrote:
Alternatively, you could read 'Alice in Wonderland' (Carroll) and try to explain to us what you believe the grinning cat to be.

I got this doubt when I was reading Carroll. After `Alice in W'land' I moved on to `Through the Looking Glass', when I felt that there must have been reference to the grinning of C. Cat even before his time. Most of his characters are `reincarnations' popular rhyme characters. I felt that the actual Alice, to whom Carroll was telling the story probably had some funny idea of C. Cat, which Carroll `exploited' in the story.

I would hate to believe that C. Cat could not grin, and that Carroll meant that nothing at all remained of it when it disappeared except for its grin, as was suggestedd in the prev. thread on this topic.

Regards,
Manoj.

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Bangalore India
12°58' N, 77°39' E

http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html