Kenya Davie
Mrs. Bowers
English 4B
April 9, 2017
The Comparison of Coraline & Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland
From “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons are real but because they tell us dragons can be defeated” (G.K. Chesterton, Coraline) to “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there” (Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland). These two stories are very similar to each other, but still very different. Both are amazing stories are about a young girl who is led into a strange world where they have to challenge all odds in order to make it home. While these stories are very much alike, Coraline by Neil Gaiman has a dark twist that counteracts the wholesome dreamlike wonder …show more content…
Coraline traveled to a dark opposite world, but Alice went to a bright, colorful world with many allies. Coraline’s main ally in in Coraline is the neighborhood black cat that I mentioned earlier in the essay, he was very snarky and had a slight attitude in every response that he gave Coraline, much like the Cheshire Cat in Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, who was also very snarky and disappeared and reappeared as he pleased. Coraline tried very hard to get home and she thought of a plan to get her parents back, she tricked her “other mother” into thinking that she did not know where her parents were being held even though she knew that they were trapped inside the snow globe carefully placed on top of the fireplace. Alice confronted the King of Hearts when he declares that no one over a mile high can participate in court and when Alice goes against it he says that the rule was one of the oldest rules ever made, this is when Alice states that if it was one of the oldest rules then it would come before the other rules, so both girls are very logical and thought of plans very
Mrs. Bowers
English 4B
April 9, 2017
The Comparison of Coraline & Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland
From “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons are real but because they tell us dragons can be defeated” (G.K. Chesterton, Coraline) to “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there” (Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland). These two stories are very similar to each other, but still very different. Both are amazing stories are about a young girl who is led into a strange world where they have to challenge all odds in order to make it home. While these stories are very much alike, Coraline by Neil Gaiman has a dark twist that counteracts the wholesome dreamlike wonder …show more content…
Coraline traveled to a dark opposite world, but Alice went to a bright, colorful world with many allies. Coraline’s main ally in in Coraline is the neighborhood black cat that I mentioned earlier in the essay, he was very snarky and had a slight attitude in every response that he gave Coraline, much like the Cheshire Cat in Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, who was also very snarky and disappeared and reappeared as he pleased. Coraline tried very hard to get home and she thought of a plan to get her parents back, she tricked her “other mother” into thinking that she did not know where her parents were being held even though she knew that they were trapped inside the snow globe carefully placed on top of the fireplace. Alice confronted the King of Hearts when he declares that no one over a mile high can participate in court and when Alice goes against it he says that the rule was one of the oldest rules ever made, this is when Alice states that if it was one of the oldest rules then it would come before the other rules, so both girls are very logical and thought of plans very