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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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or; Alice in Wonderland


(1865)



Originally published as Alice' Adventures Under Ground





One summer day Alice was sitting on the riverbank with her older sister. Alice’s sister was reading a book and Alice noticed that the book didn’t have any pictures, which made Alice lose interest in it. Then as she looked out into the meadow, she saw something very peculiar. She saw a large white rabbit running past her looking at his watch saying “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late.” Then he popped down a rabbit hole. Alice, being the curious girl she was, followed the rabbit down that hole and found herself in a land with many wonders. It was a wonderland. She met some interesting creatures including the King and Queen of Hearts, the Hatter, and the March Hare. She found that many creatures in this land didn’t have the best of tempers and didn’t want to try to help Alice figure out where to go and what to do. Alice also found herself changing sizes after eating or drinking things she found. One minute she was a few inches tall and the next she was nine feet tall. When Alice was in this land she expected the unexpected and didn’t think much of the unusual occurrences. She used her knowledge to help other people, such as when she made sense of evidence during a trial. As much as Alice thought it interesting being with these strange creatures and trying to get along with them, she wondered when she would return home to her normal life or if she would. She remembered her cat and dreamed of seeing him again. But was there a way to get out or was it all just a dream?--Submitted by Anonymous


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Alice in wonderland: A bbc doco

Part 1: The Secret World of Lewis Carroll was televised on ABCTV on 28/4/'15(8:30 to 9:30 p.m.). For fans of both literature & scandal The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (BBCTwo) was a wonderfully engaging portrait which showed both the scandalous and the imaginative side of Carroll. Martha Kearney, the presenter, left viewers with the question: "was Lewis Carroll a repressed paedophile?" The Alice in Wonderland creator Lewis Carroll invented the Alice story on a river trip with his 10-year-old friend Alice Liddell, a self-possessed little girl, we were told, with whom Carroll was entranced. This BBC documentary examined Carroll's relationship with children. He took photographs of Alice Liddell's two sisters in 1859. This enthusiasm for photography was a common, a mainstream and fashionable Victorian pastime. Carroll, though, seemed to be unusual at least insofar as his ceaseless pursuit of, and a passion for, juvenile feminine company and photographs. Some critics argue, though, that this personal idiosyncrasy of Carroll's was just a response to a prevalent aesthetic, artistic, and philosophical movement of the time. Part 1.1: The English author, journalist, political commentator and television personality Will Self, interviewed in this doco, described Carroll as being 'a repressed paedophile'. Classics and English expert Robert Douglas-Fairhurst argued, on the other hand, that however much it is "tempting to think of Carroll as a Victorian Jimmy Savile, in fact, there are dozens and dozens of records from girls whom he befriended. They all made it clear that there was a kind of ritual to their friendship. It involved kissing them chastely and that was it.” Savile(1926-2011), it may never be forgotten, and you may remember, was one of Britain's most prolific predatory sexual offenders. Part 2: Many people believe Carroll was an innocent who simply enjoyed the company of children, and there is no evidence of misbehaviour. Program presenter, Kearney, tried to end on a positive note: “Perhaps we’ll never find out the truth about Lewis Carroll no matter how much we delve.” But, after her programme, many viewers were likely to have decided that they now knew precisely what the damning truth was. It must have been tough for Kearney to do all that delving into her hero's life as she did. The programme located a previously unseen photograph almost certainly taken by Carroll. It showed a girl stripped off, revealing her developed, adolescent body. And it seems she was Lorina, Alice’s older sister by three years. Carroll, who died in January 1898, befriended Alice Liddell and her two sisters when they were children. It was Miss Liddell who was the inspiration for the famous book. Researchers, working on this documentary of the 150th anniversary of the publication of the much-loved children's book, discovered these disturbing images.(1) -Ron Price with thanks to (1)Terry Ramsey, The Telegraph, 31/1/'15. Part 3: Dodgson was also keenly(1) interested in adult women, it should be emphasized to all those who come to read this my prose-poem, and he had a sense of sin being the devout Protestant that he was. The year 1863 was a very big year for this famous author, a writer of some 100,000 letters, who took his Alice manuscript to Macmillan's. This work was published in the last year of the civil war, and the same year as(2) the first Western book written in its entirety on the subject of the Babi religion was published by(3) a university: '65 was a big year! 1The name of the author of Alice in Wonderland was Charles Dodgson better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll. 2 The American Civil War, 1861-1865; Congress passed the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in America, and Abraham Lincoln was shot & killed while attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre. 3 Mirza Kazem-Beg of St Petersberg University published Bab Babidy. Ron Price 1 May 2015

Comparing the Fantasy world of 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ to ‘Narnia’

I just wanted to get some peoples thoughts on the similarities and differences between the fantasy world of 'Wonderland' and that of 'Narnia' from 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe' What do you think the major similarities and differences are and what type of effect do you think these differences have had on each story? I can see that one major similarity is that both worlds are ruled by and evil Queen but 'Wonderland' seems to bend the rules of reality a bit more, how does this affect the story for the reader

Evil in alice in wonderland?

How is evil defined in the book? Who is the primary villain? How does the villain contribute to the development of the child protagonist? I would have to say that the Queen is the clear villain and representation of evil in the book. But how does she contribute to the development of Alice?

Charles Dodgeson Lied

Part of the decription for the best book in the world!!! The Truth: Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills Alyss's parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, must flee to our world through the pool of tears. But in the pool Alyss and Hatter are seperated. Lost and alone in Victorian London, Alyss is befriended by an aspiring author, to whom she tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Yet he gets the story all wrong. Hatter Madigan knows the truth only too well, and he is searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland so she may battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts. -"The Looking Glass Wars" by Frank Beddor best book in the world!!! The description could not even cover a millionth of it's complete awesomeness!!! READ THIS BOOK!! and the sequel... "Seeing Redd" and the Hatter M comic :] haha. They're all awesome

Help....Cheshire Cat

I'm doing a research paper on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and I'm focusing on the Cheshire Cat. I was going to go with one movie version and the book as my primary sources, but my professor suggested that I get multiple versions (I have 5) of the movie and use all of them. I wanted to something with the influence in popular culture but I'm completely stuck! I need some suggestions on where to go!!! If anyone can I help I would GREATLY appreciate it!!!!! Thanks, Leslie

Need help with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland paper

i need help with a paper i'm working on. here's the prompt: In this essay, you will pose an analytical question regardin a character, theme, or plot point in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through The Looking Glass. Your analysis should be performed through a close reading of the text and your response to it. Consider questions that lie beneath the surface of the novel. In analyzing text, you should look past what happened and try to discover why. any starters for this? to be honest with you, i read the book awhile back and don't remember most of it.

Need Help With Paper

i need help with a paper i'm working on. here's the prompt: In this essay, you will pose an analytical question regardin a character, theme, or plot point in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through The Looking Glass. Your analysis should be performed through a close reading of the text and your response to it. Consider questions that lie beneath the surface of the novel. In analyzing text, you should look past what happened and try to discover why. any starters for this? to be honest with you, i read the book awhile back and don't remember most of it.

The Duchess

The Duchess: A Good Egg or a Bad Beater? I think that if there was supposed to be symbolism in the Duchess it was this: The Duchess symbolized lower nobles. They feared the royals, but nothing else. They ignored the outcries of those that worked for them (i.e. The Cook throwing plates and stuff and the Duchess ignoring it), and how she beat her baby was meant to say something about how, though they seemed to be ridiculously strict with their children, in the end, their offspring ended up being pigs anyway. However, what was the point of her owning the Cheshire Cat? And what about the pepper? Did it also serve a purpose?

Film adaptations of Alice in Wonderland

What are people's opinions of the various film adaptations of this book? do they truley capture the magic of the text? i would be interested in seeing peoples opinions on this :nod:

Language Of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

How do the characters use language to display agression in Lewis Carrol's verson? Also, on what does the king and queens authority lie? This is all very confusing to me....any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!!!!!

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