Alice And Wonderland Comparison

As Alice, curious in nature, also shows a great deal of ambition as she navigates through Wonderland. Making a great deal of mistakes in her adventures, Carroll makes her a relatable character who can learn from said mistakes but also tell right from wrong despite beliefs of others. Progressing through the story she develops a strong and courageous heart, dealing with a great deal of hostile creatures in Wonderland’s environment. Both Carroll’s themes and Alice’s character have the capability of being adapted to new audiences, however, changes made in Disney’s adaptation not only fail to utilize this aspect of the story, but instead remove them entirely, contradicting Carroll’s message and ruining Alice’s character. Comparing the two stories at face value, several scenes shown in Disney’s film are …show more content…
After crying from being stuck in the room, she shrinks again and then falls into the bottle before being washed away from her tears. As she floats away her cries for help are ignored by the animals that swim and fly by, and eventually she has washed ashore (Disney). However, Alice’s book counterpart is freed from the bottle and able to swim to a mouse who pulls her to shore, giving Alice autonomy in her choices (Carroll, 25-28). The Mouse and company in the story become well acquainted with Alice, until she offends them by talking about the predator skills of her cat, Dinah, (37-38). Alice is also given a chance to learn from this mistake later on in the story, when the Mock Turtle ask if she has introduced to a Lobster and she bites her tongue before saying she has tasted one before, saving herself from intentionally offending the creature (109). Scenes with the Mock Turtle are all but left out of the film, though the cultural gap between the two when Alice unintentionally offends him are still present in other characters of the