1. Do you believe this story is nonsense for nonsense’s sake, or are there deeper, symbolic interpretations that can be made about Carroll’s work? Explain.

This question is about "Alice in Wonderland"

I believe that Carroll's work was not nonsense for nonsense’s sake, but that it includes many logical and playful concepts in order to stimulate the imagination of children.

Explanation:

You should already know that Carroll was a professor of mathematics and that he was a great academic in the field of logic, being an individual who had a certain love for puzzles that involved logical reasoning and the use of mathematical concepts.

When writing "Alice in Wonderland" he used these elements, but in a fun way and that instigated the children's imagination, so they would develop their reasoning in a way that would attract them, with funny, playful things that seem to make no sense at all . I believe that this is the real meaning of this work, I do not believe that Carroll thought of creating deep and philosophical meanings, nor even writing a work that was just nonsense for nonsense’s sake, but that was stimulating and exciting.

the number of people with jobs in factories as unskilled workers increased.

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).