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The Hunting of the Snark
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"The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits)" is a Narrative Poem by Lewis Carroll, telling the story of a group of unnamed adventurers as they search for the elusive Snark, a vaguely-described creature which lives on a remote island.The poem may be considered a Spiritual Successor to "Jabberwocky" from Through the Looking Glass, and contains several of the same creatures that are mentioned in "Jabberwocky".Worth noting is how the poem was constructed - the last line was the first line that Carroll thought of. The rest of the poem was made to build up to it.Douglas Adams gave a Shout-Out to the poem in the original radio version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by titling the episodes "Fit the First" etc.You can read it on Wikisource.. | |
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The Alibi | |
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The Alibi: The Barrister dreams that the Snark is defending a pig against the charge of deserting its sty. The Snark argues that the pig has proved an alibi: in other words, the pig didn't leave the sty empty because it wasn't there at the time. | |
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Fire-Forged Friends | |
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Fire-Forged Friends: The Butcher and the Beaver initially don't get on, but their encounter with the fearsome Jub-Jub leads to them becoming close friends for life. | |
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No Body Left Behind | |
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No Body Left Behind: What happens to you if you find out that the Snark you're hunting was a Boojum. This is the eventual fate of the Baker. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: Over the course of the journey, the Banker goes insane after meeting a Bandersnatch, while the Baker disappears after finding a Snark that is a Boojum. We don't know what happened to the rest of the crew, but given that they are still at the mercy of the Boojum, which they did not prepare to encounter, it couldn't be much good. | |
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? | |
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: The Baker teases hyenas and walks with bears without a hint of fear, and his "perfect" courage is specifically referenced by the Bellman as the quality that makes him an ideal Snark-hunter, but the mention of a Boojum is enough to make him pass out. | |
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer | |
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer: All the crew, to a certain degree, but the Butcher especially. He's described as someone who "looked an incredible dunce", but is able to teach the Beaver "more in five minutes far more than all books would have taught it in seventy years." | |
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Tastes Like Purple | |
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Tastes Like Purple: | |
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Author Avatar | |
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Author Avatar: According to Martin Gardner's The Annotated "Hunting of the Snark", the Baker is an avatar of Carroll himself. One early line is "A dear uncle of mine, after whom I was named..."; Carroll's full name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, and he had an uncle whose last name was Lutwidge. | |
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Team Chef | |
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Team Chef: Subverted. Two of the crew members (The Baker and the Butcher) have occupations relating to the making of food, however, both reveal once the trip is well underway that they can only prepare one specific thing from their areas of "expertise", which, for one reason or another, is not an option. (The Baker can only bake wedding cake, which the ship does not have any ingredients stocked for, and the Butcher can only kill beavers, the only one of which around is a sapient fellow crew member.) | |
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World of Chaos | |
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World of Chaos | |
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Eldritch Abomination | |
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The Bandersnatch. We don't get much of a description, but it is stated to be wickedly fast, has snapping, sharp-toothed jaws and is capable of extending its neck. Its Eldritch Abomination status is proven by the effect it has on the Banker; merely being in its presence is enough to drive the poor banker insane. | |
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Go Mad from the Revelation | |
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Go Mad from the Revelation: The Banker loses his sanity after being attacked by a Bandersnatch. | |
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Ragtag Bunch of Misfits | |
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Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The story follows a crew of 10 people (or, rather, 9 people and one Beaver) of vastly different backgrounds and skills. | |
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Nameless Narrative | |
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Nameless Narrative: Every character in the poem is only known by their professions. The Baker is the only one stated to have a proper name, but no-one knows what it actually is... not even himself. | |
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Theme Initials | |
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Theme Initials: Everyone's appellation starts with a B. | |
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Arc Number | |
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Arc Number: 42 has significance at several points. | |
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Good with Numbers | |
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Good with Numbers: The Butcher, who is able to give the Beaver a rather detailed lesson in mathematics. | |
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Hey, You! | |
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Hey, You!: Played with, due to the Baker having forgotten his own name: | |
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Killed Mid-Sentence | |
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Killed Mid-Sentence: "It's a boo—" | |
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Rule of Three | |
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Rule of Three: | |
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Feathered Fiend | |
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Feathered Fiend: The Jub-Jub Bird. It's described as having a "shrill and high scream" like a pencil squeaking on a slate, and significantly scares those who hear it, including the Beaver who "turned pale to the tip of its tail" and being desperate and in a constant state of passion. There are also some Snarks that "have feathers and bite". | |
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Hypocritical Humor | |
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Hypocritical Humor: The Bellman- Mr. "What I tell you three times is true"- scolds the Baker for repeating himself. | |
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Weaksauce Weakness | |
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Weaksauce Weakness: The Snark has several. The complete list is thimbles, care, forks, hope, railway shares, smiles, and soap. | |
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For Doom the Bell Tolls | |
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For Doom the Bell Tolls: As well as several mentions in the text, it's notable that the Bellman's bell is in almost every single illustration. | |
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Lame Pun Reaction | |
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Lame Pun Reaction: The Bellman has this: Also, snarks look grave at them. | |
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Nothing Is Scarier | |
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Nothing Is Scarier: Carroll asked his illustrator not to include a picture of the Boojum, because "all his descriptions of the Boojum were quite unimaginable, and he wanted the creature to remain so". | |
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The Captain | |
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The Captain: The Bellman. | |
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Funny Animal | |
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Funny Animal: The Beaver. | |
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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything | |
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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: The Baker and the Butcher perform no baking/butchery during the entirety of the adventure, due to each only being able to bake/kill one thing, which for some reason is unavailable. The Bit Characters actually mostly manage to avert this- The Bonnet-maker plans "a novel arrangement of bows", the Billiard-marker applies pool chalk to the tip of his nose, and the Boots is mentioned in an introduction written by Carroll for later editions to have undertaken the task of shining the Baker's 3 pairs of boots. The Broker, however, despite having been ostensibly brought "to value their goods", is never mentioned doing anything related to his trade. | |
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No Sense of Humor | |
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No Sense of Humor: Snarks have a hard time understanding jokes, as the Bellman explains: | |
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Anthropomorphic Personification | |
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Anthropomorphic Personification: One illustration portrays the crew with two goddesses, who are supposed to represent Hope and Care. | |
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Name Amnesia | |
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Name Amnesia: The Baker has "wholly forgotten his name." | |
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Bit Character | |
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Bit Character: The Billiard Marker, Broker and Bonnet Maker really don't do much during the whole story. One member of the crew, the Boots, could well be The Ghost; he's mentioned twice, but doesn't even appear in any illustrations. | |
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