Curiouser, and Curiouser
Charles Dodgson, commonly known as Lewis Carroll, spent his childhood fascinating his siblings. As he matured, he became an academic and a man of the Church. As an adult, he still spent time with children because he found comfort in their understanding. By looking at Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, one can see that Lewis Carroll included the themes of discovering one’s true identity and defining blurred lines between fantasy and reality because he was an individual whose personality allowed him to identify with the wit and wonder that takes place in a child 's mind. Lewis Carroll was born on January 27, 1832, in Daresbury, England. He had ten siblings and was the third oldest. Lewis Carroll is a pseudonym for Charles …show more content…
She runs into some creatures and animals that are peculiar because they are personified and speaking to her. These beings don’t seem to understand her ordinary vernacular. The white rabbit appears to think Alice is his servant, which is the first case of mistaken identity. Alice, not sure who “Alice” is in this underground world, goes along with the rabbit to his house. Again, she drinks and becomes almost too big to fit in the house and then shrinks very small and flees into the woods. In the forest, she meets a caterpillar who is quite pompous and when Alice tries to be polite she realizes etiquette here must be different from home, or they have none at …show more content…
Also, his mother died of what is believed to be a stroke. This event could have certainly affected his mental health (thefamouspeople.com). He was able to relate to young, immature minds and he felt comfort in pure nonsense (Lewis Carroll). Obviously, Alice Liddell was the the inspiration for little, blonde Alce in the book, in fact when referring to her, Carroll stated, “... without whose infant patronage I might possibly never have written at all” (New York Times). Liddell was the one and only reason that Lewis Carroll came up with this cockamamie, distant, fantasy world where people can grow and shrink in a second, and plants can talk. His imagination was able to stretch to these places because he was susceptible to childlike wonder and awe. After writing his nonsensical masterpiece, Lewis Carroll admitted, “... how in desperate attempt to strike out some new line of folklore, I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole without the least idea what was to happen afterwards” (Britannica). Similar to the way children think in the present, without making much plans for the future, all Carroll knew was that he had to amuse these girls. As Alice fell down the hole, she had no idea how she was going to get out of this mess, and neither did
Charles Dodgson, commonly known as Lewis Carroll, spent his childhood fascinating his siblings. As he matured, he became an academic and a man of the Church. As an adult, he still spent time with children because he found comfort in their understanding. By looking at Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, one can see that Lewis Carroll included the themes of discovering one’s true identity and defining blurred lines between fantasy and reality because he was an individual whose personality allowed him to identify with the wit and wonder that takes place in a child 's mind. Lewis Carroll was born on January 27, 1832, in Daresbury, England. He had ten siblings and was the third oldest. Lewis Carroll is a pseudonym for Charles …show more content…
She runs into some creatures and animals that are peculiar because they are personified and speaking to her. These beings don’t seem to understand her ordinary vernacular. The white rabbit appears to think Alice is his servant, which is the first case of mistaken identity. Alice, not sure who “Alice” is in this underground world, goes along with the rabbit to his house. Again, she drinks and becomes almost too big to fit in the house and then shrinks very small and flees into the woods. In the forest, she meets a caterpillar who is quite pompous and when Alice tries to be polite she realizes etiquette here must be different from home, or they have none at …show more content…
Also, his mother died of what is believed to be a stroke. This event could have certainly affected his mental health (thefamouspeople.com). He was able to relate to young, immature minds and he felt comfort in pure nonsense (Lewis Carroll). Obviously, Alice Liddell was the the inspiration for little, blonde Alce in the book, in fact when referring to her, Carroll stated, “... without whose infant patronage I might possibly never have written at all” (New York Times). Liddell was the one and only reason that Lewis Carroll came up with this cockamamie, distant, fantasy world where people can grow and shrink in a second, and plants can talk. His imagination was able to stretch to these places because he was susceptible to childlike wonder and awe. After writing his nonsensical masterpiece, Lewis Carroll admitted, “... how in desperate attempt to strike out some new line of folklore, I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole without the least idea what was to happen afterwards” (Britannica). Similar to the way children think in the present, without making much plans for the future, all Carroll knew was that he had to amuse these girls. As Alice fell down the hole, she had no idea how she was going to get out of this mess, and neither did