Alice in Wonderland is a well-known classic. But surprisingly, not Young Adults or even children have seemed to read it. A lot of adults haven’t either unless it was a book required when they went to school or college.
Alice in Wonderland is actually a very awesome book. It’s an adventure tale of a young girl–Alice–who “falls asleep” and wakes up to find a white rabbit with a pocket-watch, which she follows down a hole and falls deep into it. She finds herself in this new world “Wonderland” where she finds many odd things including a cat who grins, a Hatter that has tea with a mad March Hare, and cow-sea-turtle hybrid who dances a dance called the Lobster Quadrille.
This book is very interesting but has no plot. None but exploring, and then returning. The recently made film, Tim Burton and Disney’sAlice in Wonderland is actually very different and does not have as much to do with the book as people give credit for. Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum are both in Through the Looking Glass, not Alice in Wonderland. The same goes for the Jabberwocky, which turns out just to be a poem, and the white queen. In the film, Alice is also a young lady, where she is only just starting to learn how to to mathematics in the book.
So technically, the title Alice in Wonderland is a false name for the film. It should be more like Alice’s Returned Adventure in Wonderland
Also, please do not confuse the two stories together. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glassare two entirely different stories, both in the combined work of Lewis Carrol known as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I have not completed Through the Looking Glass, however, so I will do a review once I complete that, too.
Ages?
Alice in Wonderland is for all ages.
Philosophy and Morals
Alice in Wonderland does not really have a moral or philosophy to it. Though there is a very interesting story behind it. If you get the book, I recommend getting the Annotated version. On the sides of the pages, there are explanations behind why Lewis Carrol include certain things. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderlandwas written for a little girl Lewis Carrol knew and has meaning in a lot of different parts you wouldn’t think.
Question(s):
Which character would you like to meet the most if you fell into Wonderland?
(For those who have read it) Do you think that Alice was dreaming when she fell into Wonderland, or that it was all real?
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