The Themes Of Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland

Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland was a well educated and talented man. His story of Alice became very popular and recognizable, even today, 150 years later, his story is still known by most people. By looking at Alice in Wonderland, one can see that Lewis Carroll included the themes of insanity and confusion because it reflects his state of mind, medical problems, and life experiences. Carroll’s story of Alice is now a classic known by almost everyone all over the world. There have been two major Alice in Wonderland movies, the original was released in 1951 and directed by Clyde Geronimi and the other, a twist on the story, in 2010 directed by Tim Burton. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born on January 27 1832 in Daresbury,

Some of his mathematical writings included; An Elementary Treatise on Determinants in 1867, Euclid and His Modern Rivals in 1879, and Curiosa Mathematica in 1888. Carroll began to take up photography in 1856, influenced by his uncle. He mainly took pictures of nude children, this led to rumors and controversies (The Famous People). Some of the controversies included his motivation to take these pictures and some thought this was not an innocent act. Although Carroll has an abundance of writings, some of his more famous ones include, A Tangled Tale (1885), Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (1886), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), Feeding the Mind (1907), For the Train (1932), Rhyme? And Reason? (1883), Sylvie and Bruno (1889), Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893), The Blank Cheque: A Fable (1874), The Game of Logic (1886), Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There(1872). Alice in Wonderland is Carroll’s most popular and successful writing by far. Alice is a girl who falls into a rabbit hole, and wonderland is where she ends up, in the simplest form. The story begins as Alice is reading with her sister, when Alice becomes bored, she begins to fall asleep. Alice sees a white rabbit wearing a waistcoat, talking to himself, and carrying a pocket watch, this strikes her curiosity and she follows him into a rabbit-hole. Alice fell down the

George Liddell was the Dean of Christ Church and knew Carroll very well. On a July afternoon in 1856 he took the three sisters out on the Thames and told them the story. The main character was named after Alice Liddell, who asked Carroll to write the story down, which led to today’s Alice in Wonderland. Carroll’s childhood is a major reason for Alice in Wonderland being the story it is. Although Carroll’s parents were loving and nurtured him, he still had eleven siblings, which caused for a somewhat neglectful childhood (Victorian). Carroll helped entertain his siblings by telling stories which most likely influenced this story. Alice in Wonderland is an extremely creative and original story, without his experience storytelling, he most likely would not have been able to come up with