The simplicity of early childhood can be rather appealing to adults who can remember their joys of running and playing. There can be great pleasure in watching young children run around and explore carefree, where the burdens of the world are not weighing on their shoulders. Lewis Carroll often enjoyed spending time with the Liddell children whom he lived next to at Christ Church University. Alice Liddell’s actions and outlook inspired Carroll to write his series of Alice and her adventures. Carroll portrays aspects of a child in her early years with people or subjects in which hold great influence over her upbringing with the use of metaphor, analogies, and symbolism. One of the most influential symbols that Carroll uses in Through the Looking
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Carrol uses Alice’s time on the train as a metaphor to show this. When Alice suddenly finds herself on a train with strange creatures, she is very quickly harassed for a ticket by the Guard. The many creatures on the train are adding value to time by saying “‘Don’t keep him waiting, child! Why, his time is worth a thousand pounds a minute’” (Carroll 127). This is quickly followed by Alice’s move as a pawn in which she is quickly propelled forward to the fourth square by the train. This is in keeping with Carroll’s ideas of Alice Liddell and his outlook of her growing up and moving on. In conclusion, Carroll’s relationship with Alice is filled with many conflicting emotions which is portrayed in “Through the Looking Glass.” Lewis Carroll gave reader’s an inside perspective into his thoughts and opinions when it concerned his child friend Alice Liddell. He is happy at watching her discover new things and is mesmerized by her outlook on subjects. In comparison he holds many reservations to her becoming an adult. Even though these stories were initially intended for one child in particular, there references can be understood by all and expands across generations. This is why the Alice series is still read
Carrol uses Alice’s time on the train as a metaphor to show this. When Alice suddenly finds herself on a train with strange creatures, she is very quickly harassed for a ticket by the Guard. The many creatures on the train are adding value to time by saying “‘Don’t keep him waiting, child! Why, his time is worth a thousand pounds a minute’” (Carroll 127). This is quickly followed by Alice’s move as a pawn in which she is quickly propelled forward to the fourth square by the train. This is in keeping with Carroll’s ideas of Alice Liddell and his outlook of her growing up and moving on. In conclusion, Carroll’s relationship with Alice is filled with many conflicting emotions which is portrayed in “Through the Looking Glass.” Lewis Carroll gave reader’s an inside perspective into his thoughts and opinions when it concerned his child friend Alice Liddell. He is happy at watching her discover new things and is mesmerized by her outlook on subjects. In comparison he holds many reservations to her becoming an adult. Even though these stories were initially intended for one child in particular, there references can be understood by all and expands across generations. This is why the Alice series is still read