Lewis Carroll

In McManus’ illustrations this scene is illustrated in a very different way. The illustrator uses colors such as red and green to make the scene pop out at the reader more than the illustrations in the Norton Edition, which are all black and white. Alice, who does not appear to be much larger than the other animals, is trying to hold onto the goose. A parrot is seen flying away, a frog is running away, and another goose has been knocked over by Alice who we can assume is trying to help the…

“Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll is a fairy tale poem describing a boy’s quest to rid his land of the evil Jabberwock. Lewis Carroll wrote the first stanza years before the rest of the poem appeared in Through the Looking Glass (Jabberwocky, n.d.). Carroll uses portmanteaus, words made up of other words, and shows the use of several onomatopoeias, which occur when the sound of a word becomes it meaning (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). Carroll invented blended words and called them portmanteaus. The…

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2009) and Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat (1871) are works of literature that both use “nonsense” to convey a story. In what follows I will argue that nonsense is significant, especially in children’s literature, as it is a useful tool for education, and promotes individuality of thoughts. The use of nonsense in literature challenges rules and it allows for the brain to think outside of the restricted boundaries of teaching, which…

Sameera Abbas and Rubina Rahman’s article “Schema Disruption and Identity in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in the Wonderland” argues that our schemas both affect and are affected by the texts we read. Our schemas help us to analyze and make sense out of literature, and at the same time our schema can be called into question, completely disrupted, or, on a different note, be supported by the text. The article applies this concept to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by making the case that…

The poem Jabberwock by Lewis Carroll is written with language that was made up, this act sparks imagination in the reader and causes the story to be light hearted while being about something violent. The words created by the author relate to English words so that the reader is able to make assumptions and interpret the language to receive the proper tone of the story. Words used in the story such as vorpal, uffish and galumphing are easily interpreted given the context and tone to mean sharp,…

In the novel’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll and “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court” by Mark Twain the authors suggest that human nature dictates their characters tendency to force other to bend to their version of reality. The main characters applied their knowledge, values, and logic to the world around them through the their experiences they found in the new worlds they faced. In the novel, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” the main character, Alice, applies…

the written word. Using the literary works of: “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by Frank Baum, “His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife” by Philip Pullman, “Reckless” by Cornelia Funke, and also by Funke “Inkheart.” I intend to delve into the history and meaning behind how and why they work. ROOTS OF PORTALS In 1858, George MacDonald wrote “Phantases.” Upon which it was thought that Carroll grounded…

Creativity is like an ocean residing inside everyone, providing an intimate portion of their life force. The whimsy of Alice in Wonderland is an inextricable part of the story that Lewis Carroll concocted nearly a century and a half ago. However, as more adaptions are made from the classic tale this integral element ebbs and flows. The choices made in how images were portrayed, whether music was included, and how certain characters were portrayed compiled to become driving forces in how each…

There are an array of fascinating secondary characters in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Many of whom have been able to capture various generations’ imagination over the years and inspire countless different adaptations. One character seemingly shines and stands out above the rest, and that is the Cheshire Cat. The Cheshire Cat plays an important role in storyline, but also to Alice herself. Throughout the novel the Cheshire Cat is a representation of Alice’s conscious mind in…

“Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle!” Alice asks herself this shortly after entering Wonderland, although this line would not be at all out of place in any adolescent’s head (Carroll 15). Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is a novel that deals heavily with many aspects of identity, including finding and growing an identity as a child. Alice goes through many trials in the novel, and readers watch her change and adapt to get through all of these. Disney’s 1951 adaptation Alice…