Alice Liddell

There are four characters in the story. Each of these characters represents a part of us. :- Hem and Haw – Little people Sniff and Scurry – mice Sniff: sniffs out changes early before others are aware of it. Scurry: sees what is needed and takes actions immediately. Hem: tries to deny and resists change as he fears it will lead to something worse. Haw: Always learns to adapt in time when he sees change can lead to something better. All four characters in the story search for Cheese in the maze.…

the great puzzle!” Alice asks herself this shortly after entering Wonderland, although this line would not be at all out of place in any adolescent’s head (Carroll 15). Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is a novel that deals heavily with many aspects of identity, including finding and growing an identity as a child. Alice goes through many trials in the novel, and readers watch her change and adapt to get through all of these. Disney’s 1951 adaptation Alice in Wonderland has Alice go through…

Feminist Perspective and Subtle Critiques in Alice Munro’s “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” and “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.” Alice Munro’s stories “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” and “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage” both subtly expose her feminist perspective and critique societal norms of relationships between men and women. Both stories have been turned into films that remain true to Munro’s views concerning relationships and love, as well as…

Letters 27-35 of The Color Purple Letter 27 Mr.____’s father referred to as Old Mr._____ comes to visit. Old Mr.____ questions Mr.____ housing Shug Avery and even asks Celie if she is okay with Shug staying. Much of the letter Celie writes of how Old Mr.____ thinks Shug is no good especially since he does not know who her father is. The next visitor to the house is Tobias Mr.____’s brother who with his visit allows Celie to being thinking about the world.Celie’s thinking brings in a concept of…

Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, and Zora Neale Hurston are prominent black women authors in contemporary American literature. These three women share their experiences living in the South during a time of racism. Each of them has a distinct writing style. All include an insight into experiences similar to ones they have gone through and the impact it makes on black women in society. “Feminism’s second wave in the United States—initially a reflection of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and…

exciting opportunity to observe human nature in all its complexity and multiplicity” (Arp 162). Even though round, developing characters are more interesting to read about, all types of characters add to the significance of a story. In “Everyday Use,” Alice Walker’s use of round, developing, flat, and static characters offer profound characterization that further expands the horizons of the story. But the question may remain, why should the reader care about the type of characterization of a…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote her book, Purple Hibiscus, through the eyes of a teenage girl, Kambili. Papa’s two children, Jaja and Kambili start out as extremely sheltered and structured children. As the novel progresses the two of them go to live with their aunty Ifeoma for a couple of weeks. As soon as they arrive, they begin to change drastically as they both begin to find themselves. Both Jaja and Kambili start to become more independent because their aunty Ifeoma allows them to have…

result in prejudicial behaviors. Nonetheless, when self interest and empathy are expressed with the appropriate level of restraint, the result has the capacity to be harmonious and the ability to maximize advantage outcomes. “Too Much Happiness” by Alice Munro, demonstrates how even a glimpse of empathy can result in the betterment of an individual's interests in addition to the subject of their compassion’s. Weierstrass - a famous mathematician - provided the seemingly inept Sophia with a…

Alice Notley’s The Descent of Alette is an epic poem that details a character known as Alette embarking on a journey through a series of underground subways, traveling further into the darkness ultimately seeking to destroy the tyrant who rules this underworld. The epic poem is divided into four different books. On her voyage, Alette passes from car to car, seemingly entering a new realm each time. Exhibiting a stream of consciousness, Alette describes each new world that she enters. As her…

Shug Avery is a pivotal character in Alice Walker's the color purple due to the affect she has on Celie and Albert. Shug helps Celie define who she is as a person and change her outlook upon life and the current situations that she's facing. She also has a very special relationship with Albert spanning back many years into both their youths. Shug is used in the book as a character designed to further move the plot and show the mentality changes in Celie and Albert over the course of the book.She…