Why Is Wonderland A Real Place

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In the movie, Alice in Wonderland, the place that Alice goes to, Wonderland is not a real place. Wonderland is not a real place because of the following reasons: Alice sees things that could never happen in real life, Alice grows to impossible proportions at impossible speeds, and finally, Alice wakes up at the end. The first example that proves that Wonderland is not a real place is that Alice sees things that are either not real, or could never happen in real life. For example, throughout her experience in Wonderland, she sees animals and plants that do things that only humans could do, like talk. An example of that would be when Alice goes to the garden the flowers can move and talk by themselves. Another example of this is that Mr. Rabbit wears normal clothes, and he can talk and walks like a normal human. A final example of this is while Alice is chasing Mr. Rabbit, she passes different settings, each of which the backgrounds change very quickly. It is impossible for the background of a place to change that quickly. The second reason that proves that Wonderland is a make-believe place is that throughout the movie, Alice grows to impossible …show more content…
Because, she wakes up at the end of the movie, this could suggest that she was daydreaming because her history lesson was not of her interests. For example, before she “went” to Wonderland, she was sitting by the tree. After she “comes back” from Wonderland, she is still in the same spot. A second example that shows that Wonderland is a fake place is that when she is talking to her cat, she is telling her about her world. She says that her world would be “nonsense”, with her world being Wonderland. Finally, a third reason that proves that Wonderland is a fake place is that even if Wonderland was a real place, and Alice did go to Wonderland, wouldn’t her history teacher notice that Alice was not there

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