A Book Review { Alice's Adventures in Wonderland}

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

	Author     : Lewis Carol Genre      : Fantasy, humor, fiction Page        : 130

 “Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is a story about Alice who falls down a rabbit hole and lands into a fantasy world that is full of weird, wonderful people and animals

Alice the protagonist must find her way through this strange place called "Wonderland". She is a little girl who is feeling bored and drowsy while on the riverbank with her sister who is reading a book with no pictures or conversations and she’s fall asleep and enters the wonderland world by falling down a rabbit hole. She follows the White Rabbit who leads her on many adventures throughout the book

After Alice discovers a bottle on a table labeled "DRINK ME," the contents of which cause her to shrink too small to reach the key which she has left on the table. She eats a cake with "EAT ME , Alice growing to such a tremendous size her head hits the ceiling. Alice is unhappy and, as she cries, her tears flood the hallway. After shrinking down again due to a fan she had picked up, Alice swims through her own tears and meets a Mouse, who is swimming as well but later Alice make the mouse offends by saying wrong French language,  Où est ma chatte?" ("Where is my cat?").

In the next chapter, Alice meets the White Rabbit again, who mistakes her for a servant and sends her off to fetch his things. While in the White Rabbit’s house, Alice drinks an unmarked bottle of liquid and grows to the size of the room. The animals outside try to get her out of the house by throwing rocks at her, which magically transform into cakes when they land in the house. Alice eats one of the cakes, which causes her to shrink to a small size.

The Caterpillar is like a very wise man that provides Alice with a way to control her growth. The Caterpillar, who is not very friendly, is helpful by advising her to eat from the mushroom if she wants to change her size. The Caterpillar teaches Alice how to cope with the difficult situations she encounters in Wonderland. He shows her how to change size by eating the mushroom and thereby to adapt to her environment when needed. He is smoking a hookah on top of a mushroom.

 Another character is a smiling cat who can disappear and reappear named the Cheshire Cat. It is funny because sometime the cat leaves but his huge grin remains behind. The Cheshire Cat explains to Alice that everyone in Wonderland is mad, including Alice.The Cheshire Cat gives directions to the March Hare’s house and fades away to nothing but a floating grin

 Alice travels to the March Hare’s house to find the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and the Dormouse having tea together. Treated rudely by all three, Alice stands by the tea party, uninvited. She learns that they have wronged Time and are trapped in perpetual tea-time. After a final discourtesy, Alice leaves and journeys through the forest. She finds a tree with a door in its side, and travels through it to find herself back in the great hall. She takes the key and uses the mushroom to shrink down and enter the garden.

The Duchess approaches Alice and attempts to befriend her, but the Duchess makes Alice feel uneasy. The Queen of Hearts chases the Duchess off and tells Alice that she must visit the Mock Turtle to hear his story. The Queen of Hearts sends Alice with the Gryphon as her escort to meet the Mock Turtle. Alice shares her strange experiences with the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon, who listen sympathetically and comment on the strangeness of her adventures. After listening to the Mock Turtle’s story, they hear an announcement that a trial is about to begin, and the Gryphon brings Alice back to the croquet ground.

After saving several gardeners from the temper of the Queen of Hearts, The Duchess is brought to the croquet ground at Alice's request. She ruminates on finding morals in everything around her. The Queen of Hearts dismisses her on the threat of execution and she introduces Alice to the Gryphon, who takes her to the Mock Turtle. The Mock Turtle is very sad, even though he has no sorrow. He tries to tell his story about how he used to be a real turtle in school, which the Gryphon interrupts so they can play a game. Alice bumps into the Cheshire Cat again, who asks her how she is doing.
 

Alice is then called up as a witness. She accidentally knocks over the jury box with the animals inside them and the King orders the animals be placed back into their seats before the trial continues. The Queen shouts her familiar "Off with her head!" but Alice is unafraid, calling them out as just a pack of cards; just as they start to swarm over her. Alice's sister wakes her up from a dream, brushing what turns out to be some leaves and not a shower of playing cards from Alice's face. Alice leaves her sister on the bank to imagine all the curious happenings for herself.

 The book is very complex and has a lot of moral lesson conveyed through the characters and setting. Even though the book may have the controversies because the book contains expletives, sexual content and derogatory characterizations of teachers and of religious ceremonies more recently it became controversial because of what some people thought were drug references, this book is still really entertaining to read because the fantasy world that Lewis Carol brought to his book. Most of children will like this book because this book has a lot of fantasy content and it will get the children and the reader imagine themselves as a part of the story. Each character teaches Alice something about life and growing up in a dangerous world. In the end I rate this book 4 out of 5 because as a readers sometimes the plot get me twisted but this book is really recommended for fantasy world lover!

We're all mad here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland