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[|Jarad's Lewic Carrol photostory.wmv] Lewis Carroll ==

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Lewis Carroll, also known as Charles Dodgson was born on the 27th of January. His "reading lists" preserved in the family archives testify to a precocious intellect: at the age of seven the child was reading //The Pilgrim's Progress//. He also suffered from a stammer – a condition shared by his siblings – that often influenced his social life throughout his years. At age twelve he was sent to Richmond Grammar School (now part of Richmond) at nearby Richmond.=====



Early Life
Dodgson was born in the little parsonage of Daresbury in Cheshire county (near the towns of Warrington and Runcorn, the eldest boy but already the third child of the four-and-a-half-year-old marriage. Eight more children were to follow.When Charles was 11, his father was given the living of Croft-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, and the whole family moved to the spacious Rectory.Young Charles' father was an active and highly conservative clergyman of the Anglican church who later became Archdeacon of Richmond and involved himself, sometimes influentially, in the intense religious disputes that were dividing the Anglican church. He was High Church, inclining to Anglo-Catholicism, an admirer of Newman and the Tractarian movement, and did his best to instill such views in his children. Young Charles was to develop an ambiguous relationship with his father's values and with the Anglican church as a whole. He reverted to the other family business and took holy orders. He went to Westminster School, and then to Christ Church, Oxford. He was mathematically gifted and won a double first degree, which could have been the prelude to a brilliant academic career. Instead he married his first cousin in 1827 and became a country parson.This remained their home for the next twenty-five years.

He left Rugby at the end of 1849 and matriculated at Oxford in May 1850 as a member of his father's old college, Christ Church. After waiting for rooms in college to become available, he went into residence in January 1851. He had been at Oxford only two days when he received a summons home. His mother had died of "inflammation of the brain" – perhaps Meningitis or a stroke – at the age of forty-seven

**Facts**
better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ karr-əl), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy, and there are societies dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life in many parts of the world, including the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, and New Zealand. Dodgson's family was predominantly northern English, with Irish connections. Conservative and High Church Anglican, most of Dodgson's ancestors were army officers or Church of England clergymen. His great-grandfather, also Charles Dodgson, had risen through the ranks of the church to become Bishop of His grandfather, another Charles, had been an army captain, killed in action in Ireland in 1803, when his two sons were hardly more than babies. His mother's name was Frances Jane Lutwidge.

Writing
Every author has a unique style of writing. Sometimes the style is plain, other times the style can even be a selling point to a book. Carroll's writing style is one of the more extraordinary ones. His stories often included peculiar characters who never seem quite right. They're always up to something strange, talking about something ludicrous, or just making no sense whatsoever. Here is one of his poems.

"Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried, As he landed his crew with care; Supporting each man in the top of the tide By a finger entwined in his hair.

"Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true."

“Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true.”

The crew was complete: it included a Boots — A maker of Bonnets and Hoods —

A Barrister, brought to arrange their disputes — And a Broker, to value their goods.

A Billiard-marker, whose skill was immense, Might perhaps have won more than his share —

But a Banker, engaged at enormous expense, Had the whole of their cash in his care.

There was also a Beaver, that paced on the deck, Or would sit making lace in the bow: And had often (the Bellman said) saved them from wreck, Though none of the sailors knew how.

There was one who was famed for the number of things He forgot when he entered the ship: His umbrella, his watch, all his jewels and rings, And the clothes he had bought for the trip.

He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed, With his name painted clearly on each: But, since he omitted to mention the fact, They were all left behind on the beach.

The loss of his clothes hardly mattered, because He had seven coats on when he came, With three pairs of boots — but the worst of it was, He had wholly forgotten his name.

He would answer to “Hi!” or to any loud cry, Such as “Fry me!” or “Fritter my wig!” To “What-you-may-call-um!” or “What-was-his-name!” But especially “Thing-um-a-jig!”

While, for those who preferred a more forcible word, He had different names from these: His intimate friends called him “Candle-ends,” And his enemies “Toasted-cheese.”

“His form is ungainly — his intellect small —” (So the Bellman would often remark) “But his courage is perfect! And that, after all, Is the thing that one needs with a Snark.”

He would joke with hyenas, returning their stare With an impudent wag of the head: And he once went a walk, paw-in-paw, with a bear, “Just to keep up its spirits,” he said.

He came as a Baker: but owned, when too late — And it drove the poor Bellman half-mad — He could only bake Bridecake — for which, I may state, No materials were to be had.

The last of the crew needs especial remark, Though he looked an incredible dunce: He had just one idea — but, that one being “Snark,” The good Bellman engaged him at once.

He came as a Butcher: but gravely declared, When the ship had been sailing a week, He could only kill Beavers. The Bellman looked scared, And was almost too frightened to speak:

But at length he explained, in a tremulous tone, There was only one Beaver on board; And that was a tame one he had of his own, Whose death would be deeply deplored.

The Beaver, who happened to hear the remark, Protested, with tears in its eyes, That not even the rapture of hunting the Snark Could atone for that dismal surprise!

It strongly advised that the Butcher should be Conveyed in a separate ship: But the Bellman declared that would never agree With the plans he had made for the trip:

Navigation was always a difficult art, Though with only one ship and one bell: And he feared he must really decline, for his part, Undertaking another as well.

The Beaver’s best course was, no doubt, to procure A second-hand dagger-proof coat — So the Baker advised it — and next, to insure Its life in some Office of note:

This the Banker suggested, and offered for hire (On moderate terms), or for sale, Two excellent Policies, one Against Fire, And one Against Damage From Hail.

Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day, Whenever the Butcher was by, The Beaver kept looking the opposite way, And appeared unaccountably shy.

--- An exerpt from Hunting of the Snark--

Carroll also wrote such famous stories as //Alice In Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Hunting of the Snark//, //Sylvie and Bruno// and several more. When writing, Charles often used nonsenical words to describe scenes such as "gyre" and "slithy." Despite the escessive use of these jibberish words, Dodgson still manages to create a vivid image within the reader's mind.

Sources:
Tenniel, John. //Jabberwocky//. 1871. Photograph. Wikipedia. Web. 14 Dec. 2011. . //Chinese Sabre//. Photograph. Wikipedia.Web. 14 Dec. 2011. . Carroll, Lewis, Edward Mendelson, and Eric Copeland. //Poetry for Young People: Lewis Carroll//. New York: Sterling Pub., 2000. Print. "The Hunting of the Snark An Agony in Eight Fits." Web. Tenniel, John. //Jabberwocky Creatures//. 1805. Photograph. Wikipedia.