Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

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Lewis Carroll wrote “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and a follow up novel “Through the Looking Glass”. Lewis was born on the 27th of January, 1832 under the name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He is most famous for his writing style of lyrical nonsense in his works. “In 1856 Carroll met Alice Liddell, the four-year-old daughter of the head of Christ Church. During the next few years Carroll often made up stories for Alice and her sisters. In July 1862, while on a picnic with the Liddell girls, Carroll recounted the adventures of a little girl who fell into a rabbit hole. Alice asked him to write the story out for her. his works Carroll has many different literary focuses in this novel. Such as his theme behind his headlining novel. “The most obvious theme that can be found in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is growing up” (Lenny). Lenny also stated that “In Wonderland, Alice struggles with the importance and instability of personal identity. She is constantly ordered to identify herself by the creatures she meets, but she herself has doubts about her identity as well.”(Lenny). Curiosity is also a significant theme in the novel. That statement can be based on her most common phrase in the novel “Curiouser and curiouser!”(Carroll 13). Another staple in his work is the style of his writing. Carroll has a very unique style of writing in that he uses nonsense poems throughout the novel. “How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, and pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale!”(Carroll 16) The poem doesn’t make sense and is considered nonsense because the poem is actually based on Against Idleness and Mischief (Isaac Watts). Finally, the other method Mr. Carroll uses is the setti... ... middle of paper ... ...s spectacles. "Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."(Carroll 119) Works Cited Carroll, Lewis. “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Cambridge, Mass : Candlewick Press, 1999. Print. Roody, de,Lenny. “themes and motifs in the ‘Alice’ stories”. Alice-in-Wonderland, n.d. 24 mar 2011. McIntire, Sarah. “Alice in Wonderland Theme and Subject”. Victorianweb. Brown University. n.d. web. 24 mar. 2011 Everson. Michael. “Alice’s Adventures under Ground”. Everytype. Westport. 26 Nov. 2009. Web. 24 mar. 2011 Singh, Rajir. “Lewis Carroll-biography and style/literary devices” essayfourm. 9 Sep 2008. Web. 30 Mar .2011 Sylvia. “Curiosity Killed the Alice” Aliceproject5. 2 Dec. 2009. Web. 30 Mar. 2011

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