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    “Schema Disruption and Identity in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in the Wonderland” argues that our schemas both affect and are affected by the texts we read. Our schemas help us to analyze and make sense out of literature, and at the same time our schema can be called into question, completely disrupted, or, on a different note, be supported by the text. The article applies this concept to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by making the case that without our schemas of the real world,…

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    When Alice completes the first test she is greeted by her many Allies such as The dormouse, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, the talking flower, Dodo, and the White Rabbit. The Allies then question whether or not she is ‘the right Alice,’ and finally agree that they must consult one of Alice’s Mentors, Absolem—better known as the smoking caterpillar. After their meeting with Absolem Alice continues along the path not totally sure where she is going. On the path, Alice runs into the Cheshire…

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    This book was about Alice (at first not realizing she had fallen asleep) following a white rabbit in a waistcoat with a pocketwatch fretting about time. Following the rabbit she came across a rather large rabbit hole under a nearby hedge. She had fallen into the hole, and followed the rabbit. After seeing plenty of marvelous things on the way down she had appeared in wonderland. Soon afterwards with plenty of encounters of strange objects; creatures; and delicases, Alice met a catipillar, who…

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    Charles Dodgson was the real name of the author who wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass. For his writing he went under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Along with writing he was also an English logician, mathematician, and photographer. He had a lot of siblings; 7 girls and 4 boys were born to his parents. He was the third child born and their oldest son. He also went through a lot of illnesses, one left him deaf in one ear. He had a stutter, but Carroll…

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    as the person who is now reading it. One person that has always lived outside of society's standards is Tim Burton. Burton has shown this in innumerable short films and movies through his character in, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and, Alice in Wonderland. Burton exaggerates the characters' identities to suggest that no one person should have to change who they are to conform to society's standards. Colors are used in both movies to show how the protagonist characters don’t need to…

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    Alice Found There

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    sales went through the roof and many foreign editions had to be made. Inspired by how well Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland performed, “Carroll began work on a sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, published in 1872,” (Stanley 18). Unsurprisingly, the sequel was just as successful as it’s prequel. Many 19th century critics found Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to have a “sheer imaginative force, coupled with a blend of humor, unsentimental sweetness, and a sense of…

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    This showed how different these worlds are and it makes the audience feel curious about what is going to happen to her while in Wonderland. Tim Burton had Alice wear a bright blue dress as she first intered Wonderland and throughout the movie her clothes got darker and darker, this indicates she belong there. In addition to, in Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton was able to establish this effect with the homes in the neighborhood…

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    In ¨Looking Glass Wars¨by Frank Beddor, the story of Alice in Wonderland gets a bit hectic. In the story, Alyss Heart, who is the princess of Wonderland, is planning to have an amazing birthday; but it didn't go as planned. Her evil Aunt Redd has an extensive line of hate towards her sister; Queen Genevieve. So, Alyss is forced to leave the Queendom, and live a normal life in London. Alyss, Eventually, comes and takes back what is hers from her Aunt Redd. When Frank Beddor put his twist on the…

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    Meta: Alice is a character whose abstract nature has insured her immortality. Alice’s Wonderland brings the classic tale to the reels; will you peer through the looking glass? Alice’s Wonderland Review Pretty much everybody is familiar with the famous book Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll’s seminary work has been a feature of pop culture for virtually the entire duration of its existence, spawning a whole franchise as well as a famous Disney movie. Naturally the creators at 888 Slots saw a…

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    angles and of course signature actor choices. Tim Burton’s most visible choice to the average person is the costumes and color choice. He is known for having a darker approach on his perspective of everyday life, for example, In the film “Alice in Wonderland”, in the battle scene we see the White Queen vs the Queen of Hearts, the contrasting colors of the red to the white displays the seriousness and harsh difference between the two sides and personalities, this…

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