Lewis Carroll 's ' Wonderland '

In his analysis of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Richard Kelly describes Wonderland as a nonsensical place where Alice is “treated rudely, bullied, asked questions with no

These are just a few examples of why he would have wrote Alice in Wonderland for a purpose or just for entertainment. because of Alice Liddle, his feelings and because he was an entertainer. "Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise." -By Lewis

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, is a classic novel that introduced a new form of imagery in both popular culture and literature. This is a story about a young girl named Alice who falls down a tree hole into a world known as Wonderland. In this world, every animal and plant is personified and is truly what no one would expect. Readers find out however, that Wonderland is just a figment of Alice’s imagination and she is actually dreaming the whole time. In the novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the main character Alice struggles to identify who she truly is.

The Disney film version of Alice in wonderland when compared to the The novel Alice in wonderland by Carroll Lewis, expresses a variety of changes which can alter ideological values. Disney is well known for taking classic stories and fabricating them for a wider audience. This form of fabrication can be beneficial, especially in regards to creating various messages that are intended to be perceived by audiences. Other instances the changes are small and less note worthy. The images left out by Disney alter the ideologies that are expressed. Much of the Disney film version is quite consistent with the book, with the addition of certain aspects added from Alice through the looking glass. One crucial alteration added to the Disney film version is the implication that Alice created wonderland; “why in my world cats and rabbits would reside in fancy houses (Disney).” As seen in the first scene when Alice is singing to herself. This crucial addition to the Disney film version of Alice in wonderland changes overall themes of the film. It introduces the stresses Alice is dealing with, and her strategy to cope with these strategies. Alice uses wonderland as a form of escapism to avoid social constructs, which ultimately allows for growth.

In order to accurately understand why Alice journey is considered a classic fairy tale, it is important to examine the context of the story. The author that gave life to Alice was born in the 17th century as Charles Dodgson, who would later adopt the name Lewis Carroll with the publishing of Alice Adventures in Wonderland. Ren explores more context on Ren in order to relay the mature themes Carroll adds to the story stating “He portrays the struggle of power between the adult and child in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and displays a strong sympathy for the child Alice who is thrown into a mad and disorderly world of adults. By sending the child into an adult world, Lewis Carroll subverts the social conventions and binary opposition between the adult and the child (Ren 2015).”Lewis Carrol story of Alice comes from the perspective of an author that had a distinct insight of children thought patterns and conversely attribute their creative minds to produce a fascinating story. The origins of the story are derived from children as the main audience, therefore, any renditions that wish to capture the essence of Carroll’s tale must keep children in the driver seat of the

Alice arrived in the courtroom and saw the King and Queen of Hearts on their thrones with the knave chained up in front of them. The White Rabbit, who was serving the court as a herald, read the accusation that the Knave had stolen the Queen’s tarts. The king called the Mad Hatter and the Cook as witnesses. The king asked the cook what the tarts are made of. ‘Pepper, mostly,’ said the cook. (Page 50) When they were done interrogating the cook, they called Alice to the stand as she was the next

Despite critics saying Carroll’s work is not fit to be fantasy due to the lack of recovery is not much of an argument if one were to closely read the closing line of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Tolkien defines recovery as regaining an important aspect of our life that we have lost in the primary world. Alice becomes a grown women in the last paragraph of Carroll’s work and Carroll uses recovery by saying that she has kept her childhood memories close to heart. Gilead argues for this recovery by articulating that the final passages show a “recapturing” of Alice’s own childhood. Creating a secondary world that includes recovery, consolation and escapism is a very important component of modern fantasy. Since these all go hand in hand, if

The Victorian Era was a time where not many ethical ideals and moral standards were sustained. Yet, it is also an Era in which modern society uses to make advancements in both humanity, and philosophy. Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, was a novelist who wrote pass his time. He wrote further in the future of the "common" Victorian Era. The ideology he presents in Alice in Wonderland is conducive to an individual attempting to bring attention to the deteriorating mental health and humane conditions in Victorian-Era England. Alice is representative of a normal child in everyday-Victorian England. This child, Alice, has not been exposed to the likes of diversity, but instead solidarity. The type of solidarity that is all too prevalent throughout the Victorian Era, primarily in the upbringing of children during this time. Children in Victorian Era England were taught to be followers of the norms already established by adults, and to ask no questions. These types of parameters placed restraints on children growing-up during this time; not only physical restraints, but also mental restraints, such as their imaginations'. Carroll was no stranger to this ideal or the likes of this concept; In fact, he constructed Alice in The Wonderland with this in mind, to defy the imaginative 'norm' of Victorian-Era England. He created a character that dreamt of falling down a rabbit hole into another universe. This dream or imagination becomes so vivid in his novel that the

Published in 1862 by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass has irrevocably weaved its way into every child’s heart--the curiosity and imagination piqued by a seven-year-old falling down a rabbit hole has spawned several adaptations actually, ranging from dark twisted versions to lighthearted “realistic” matters. On a personal note, Alice in Wonderland was appealing for the riddles, though reality was questioned in more senses than reason and imagination alone. Theory of Knowledge forced me to look for “existential crises”, essentially. However, because fantasy is one of my favorite things, the concurrent “twisted” reading of Frank Beddor’s The Looking-Glass Wars furthered stretched

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a nonsense novel created by Lewis Carroll in 1865. The story begins with Alice follows a clothed rabbit to a rabbit hole. She goes to a couple bazaar places and meets talking animals. In chapter eight, Alice encounters three playing cards painting the white roses into red because The Queen of Hearts hates white roses. She is a character who always angry and yells “Off with their heads!” She invites Alice to play croquet with live flamingos as mallets and the hedgehogs as balls. In chapter eleven, Alice attends a trial because the Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing the Queen’s tarts. Meanwhile, Alice is growing larger steadily. She refuses to leave and tells the Queen and King they are just a pack of cards. The story end in Alice’s sister woke her up from the dream.

Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, has written many novels, poems, and short stories in his lifetime but his most famous for his children 's ?nonsense? novels: Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass. His works, especially the two mentioned, have influenced countless readers over the years, and references to his writings can be found in every type of media from the song ?White Rabbit? by Jefferson Airplane to the the Matrix trilogy. While both books are intended for a child 's entertainment, they are full of symbolism and hidden critique. His clever wordplay, use of logic and reasoning, and incredible imagination are all trademarks of his style of writing, which is often referred to as ?literary nonsense.? To readers with little experience with Carroll 's work, this term seems to perfectly describe Carroll 's confusing and often rambling style, but when more thoroughly inspected, it becomes obvious that this ?nonsense? has a far deeper meaning.

'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll seems a first a simple fairy tale, but in fact its meaning is a lot more profound. This novel criticizes the way children were brought up during the Victorian era. Carroll presents the readers with the complications these offspring must endure in order to develop their own personalities/egos, as they become adults. For Alice, Wonderland appears to be the perfect place to start this learning adventure. A way to understand her story is by compering it to the world as if being upside-down. Nothing in Wonderland seems to be they way it’s supposed to. The first lesson, Alice must learn in this peculiar journey through Wonderland is to achieve separation from the world around her and to stop identifying herself through others, in order to discover who she

Through worlds of madness, Charles Dodgeson, working under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, represented his beliefs imprinted upon him from childhood and adulthood into his writings reflecting his views. Carroll used his views concerning English society in the 19th century to influence his writings such as his poems and Alice in Wonderland by reflecting his worldview into the lives of his characters. Through his Christian upbringing and beliefs, Lewis Carroll developed unconventional realities based on the Word of the Lord along with his studies of logic and mathematics. Carroll’s writings and tales differed from that of other Victorian writers, for he displayed both his humor and love for academics,

Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland follows the story of young Alice trapped in the world of Wonderland after falling down through a rabbit-hole. The rabbit-hole which is filled with bookshelves, maps, and other objects foreshadows the set of rules, the ones Alice is normally accustomed to, will be defied in Wonderland. This conflict between her world and Wonderland becomes evident shortly after her arrival as evinced by chaos in “Pool of Tears” and Alice brings up the main theme of the book “was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I am not the same, the next question is who am I?” (Carroll 18). After Alice fails

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll endures as one of the most iconic children 's books of all time. It remains one of the most ambiguous texts to decipher as Alice 's adventures in Wonderland have created endless critical debate as to whether we can deduce any true literary meaning, or moral implication from her journey down the rabbit hole. Alice 's station as a seven year old Victorian child creates an interesting construct within the novel as she attempts to navigate this magical parallel plain, yet retain her Victorian sensibilities and learn from experience as she encounters new creatures and life lessons. Therefore, this essay will focus on the debate as to whether Alice is the imaginatively playful child envisaged by the Romantics, or a Victorian child whose imagination has been stunted by her education and upbringing.