Alice In Wonderland And Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

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Alice’s Alice in Wonderland to Jake’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Imagine being in a world of fantasy and your own imagination. A place where anything can happen and a place where you can truly find yourself. Alice in Wonderland and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children are Tim Burton films that explore the wonders of a new world. Both films bring out the limitless possibilities that a wonderland can offer. Alice from Alice in Wonderland and Jake from Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children both share similar experiences. First, both Alice and Jack share similar experiences because of the deep, affectionate relationships and bonds they formed in their wonderlands. In Alice’s wonderland, Alice forms a relationship …show more content…

In Alice’s wonderland, Alice is mentored and is guided by Absolem, the wise caterpillar. Absolem tells Alice about her destiny to help the white queen take back the throne by slaying the Jabberwocky. Also, Alice is helped and guided through her journey by her friend the Mad Hatter. The Mad Hatter tells Alice that it is up to her to save the wonderland and the people. He helps Alice fight and get through her journey to the very end. In Jake’s wonderland, he is mentored and guided by his grandfather Abe. When Jake is little, Abe tells him many stories about the home for peculiar children and how he had to fight many monsters. Abe tells Jake where he can find the children, Miss Peregrine, and the answers to his questions. Jake finally finding the home is also guided by Miss Peregrine throughout his journey. Miss Peregrine tells Jake everything about his grandfather and later how it is up to him to protect the children. Jake and Alice both had mentors in their wonderland. These mentors helped guide them and show them their purpose. Through their mentors, they both realized their peculiarity and fulfilled their destiny. Overall Jake’s and Alice’s similar experience show that help, guidance, and mentorship can go a long way. Through this both Jake and Alice were shaped into the people they were destined to be, they just needed a little

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