The hunting of the snark is a poem written by Lewis Carroll in 1874. At the age of 42 he thought up of this poem being that it would be a humour the impossible voyage of an inconceivable creature. So basically the plot of the poem is that after crossing the sea guided by the Bellman's map of the ocean, a blank sheet of paper, the hunting party arrive in a strange land. The Baker recalls that his uncle once warned him that, thought catching Snarks is all well and good, you must be careful; for, if your Snark is a Boojum, then you will softly and suddenly vanish away, and never be met with again. With this in mind, they split up to hunt. Along the way, the Butcher and Beaver, previously mutually wary for the Butcher's speciality in preparing beavers, become fast friends, the Barrister falls asleep and dreams of a court trial defended by the Snark, and the Banker loses his sanity after being attacked by a furious Bandersnatch. At the end, the Baker calls out that he has found a Snark; but when the others arrive he has mysteriously disappeared. 'For the Snark was a Boojum, you see'.
well i couldn't find the actual poem so i just did a little research on it and basically this is what i found, and i will try to see if i can find some more research on the poem, and blog about it by Wednesday.
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