Alices Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll About

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll

About the author • • Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Born 1/27/1832 3 brothers 7 sisters Taught by his father untill 12 years of age when he was sent to boarding school. • Graduated from Christ Church College • Ordained a deacon in 1861 but never went into priesthood. • It is believed that “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” was originally written for Alice Liddell, the child of the Dean of Christ Church college.

Setting Alice starts on the riverbank of the English Country side until she falls down a rabbit hole and slips into her own “wonderland”.

Characters • • • Alice The White Rabbit The Duchess The Cheshire Cat The Caterpillar The Mock Turtle • • • The Mad Hatter The March Hare The Gryphon The Queen of Hearts The King of Hearts The Knave of hearts

Literary Elements The most obvious theme of this book is growing up. In the book, Lewis Carroll shows a child’s unprejudiced view of the world as she tries to figure out who she is, rather then judging others.

PLOT SUMMARY On a hot summer day Alice was sitting on the riverbank with her older sister as she noticed a large white rabbit running past her looking at his watch saying “Oh dear! I shall be too late. ” Alice, being a curious little girl, followed the rabbit as it went down a rabbit hole and found herself in a wonderland. She met some interesting creatures including the King and Queen of Hearts, the Hatter, and the March Hare. Through-out her adventures through this wonderland, Alice noticed that most of these creatures were kind of mean and didn’t help her figure out where to go and what to do. Another strange occurrence was how everything she ate or drank changed her size. One minute she was a few inches tall and the next she was nine feet tall. When Alice was in this land she expected the unexpected and didn’t think much of the unusual occurrences. It ended when the Queen of Hearts got unhappy with Alice and summoned the soldiers on her. Alice woke up realizing it had only been a wild dream.

“Take some more tea, ” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. “I’ve had nothing yet, ” Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I cant take more. ” “You mean you can’t take less, ” said the Hatter; “it’s very easy to take more than nothing. ”