Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (real name being Charles Lutwidge
Dodgson) is a classic story made in 1865, specifically for a younger audience. The plot for this story is quite simple, this book follows the story of Alice as she follows a White Rabbit and finds herself in a magical place called Wonderland. She travels through this mysterious land, a place
where reality is thrown out the window and imagination takes its place. On the
way Alice meets several interesting and strange characters, this includes the
Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts and many more. SPOILER WARNING (for those who have no idea what this story is about): In the end, Alice wakes up and it was all a dream, which isn't much of a surprise as Carroll hints at it numerous times, but was a nice ending to the book. While some may say it's cliche to end a book as being just a dream, Carroll really did treat the story as if it were a dream by using words that sounded alike as if they are mumbled and blur together because a dream is usually fuzzy and he also uses strange metaphors.
On the original release of this book it was heavily criticised, but later on was proven to be ahead of its time as it's now seen as a classic. Ever since this book was created, it has sparked many different after thoughts. For example all the characters in this book are thought to be exaggerated people in Alice's 'real life'. This book also teaches some morals through the different characters that Alice meets. These morals include things to do with behaviour, rules and morals themselves. Another important part to this book that is discussed are all the poems that are frequently used, as they are quite cryptic and complicated.
I found this story very enjoyable throughout as the Disney movie ‘Alice in Wonderland’ made in 1951 is a movie which I watched a lot when I was younger. I thought all the characters in the book were very fascinating to learn about, especially Alice as she develops from a very close-minded person to an open-minded person. It was interesting to read and to compare to the Disney film. While this book is short, it took quite a while to read because the way it's written is very different to the modern language. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a well-crafted piece of literary nonsense.
On the original release of this book it was heavily criticised, but later on was proven to be ahead of its time as it's now seen as a classic. Ever since this book was created, it has sparked many different after thoughts. For example all the characters in this book are thought to be exaggerated people in Alice's 'real life'. This book also teaches some morals through the different characters that Alice meets. These morals include things to do with behaviour, rules and morals themselves. Another important part to this book that is discussed are all the poems that are frequently used, as they are quite cryptic and complicated.
I found this story very enjoyable throughout as the Disney movie ‘Alice in Wonderland’ made in 1951 is a movie which I watched a lot when I was younger. I thought all the characters in the book were very fascinating to learn about, especially Alice as she develops from a very close-minded person to an open-minded person. It was interesting to read and to compare to the Disney film. While this book is short, it took quite a while to read because the way it's written is very different to the modern language. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a well-crafted piece of literary nonsense.
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