The paper falls into five parts. The first part serves as an introduction. The second part aims at analyzing the prevailing agony during Alice’s growth. The third part explores the irrational changing of the world. The fourth part probes into the predicaments that the protagonist is stuck with. The fifth part functions as a conclusion.
2 Prevailing agony 5
2.1 Lost in the Inability to Follow One’s Will 5
2.2 Frustration of Being Misunderstood 7
3 Irrational Changing of the World 8
3.1 Spinning Changes 8
3.2 Rules without Limits 9
4 Stuck with Predicaments 11
4.1 Being Alone and Lonely 11
4.2 Ubiquitous Threat of Death 12
5 Conclusion 14
Bibliography15
CONTENTS i
1 Introduction
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a novel written by Lewis Carroll, a lecturer in mathematics at Christ Church. Despite his physical deformities like partial deafness and irrepressible stammer, beneath Carroll’s awkward exterior lay a brilliant and imaginative artist. He was a gifted amateur photographer who took numerous portraits of children. He preferred hanging out with children rather than adults. Alice was one of his favorite girls during his acquaintance with the Liddells family(see Coben&Morton,1995:12). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is such a book presented for Alice. It is one of the most loved children’s books, and also gains much popularity among adults. It tells the story of a young little girl named Alice who followed a rabbit hole entering a magical world called the wonderland. She experienced a lot which seem to change the rules of reasoning or common sense. However, those adventures are by no means meaningless; instead they are thought-provoking. Thus this is a book of great significance and worth further research.