Nita answers “Does the Alice Howland has anything to do...”

Etta asked this question about Still Alice:

Does the Alice Howland has anything to do with the Alice from Alice in Wonderland? Could be a sort of possible sequel to the series the same way "The Cheshire" (by Bill Kte'pi) was written or the song "The Girl That's Never Been". I can't help but notice that Alice Howland is a linguistic professor and in both books of the 'Alice in Wonderland' series plays with a lot of cryptic word puzzles.

Nita Alice Howland spirals down to a point of no return. It is a linear descent that is based on known symptoms. She just enters a world of nothingness. Of…moreAlice Howland spirals down to a point of no return. It is a linear descent that is based on known symptoms. She just enters a world of nothingness. Of course I have not experienced this, but here it is a lack of rational thinking. I guess imagination has nothing to do with this.

Alice in wonderland passes through a looking glass to a nonsensical world. Here there is no logical descent, but events that make no sense at all.
In no way would Alice Howland be able to describe a world that gets curiouser and curiouser.
I guess Lewis Carrol ventured into nonsense literature to get some respite from all his rational, logical pursuits.(less)

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