Reflections, Questions, Speculations December 2, 2009 Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland. What is preconceived as a children’s
story may actually hold lessons that can be applicable to both
children and adults. Is this simply an addition to keep adults
enticed during a bedtime story? Or could the story be meant
solely for adults, with the outrageously inappropriate
references and joking yet truthful morals? Or, contrastly, was
the story just a gift to a young Alice Liddell whom Lewis
Carroll adored? What is the significance of the other
characters? What of the characters, perhaps based on real
figures of Alice Liddell’s life, that are thrown in and out of
the text randomly? And what of the size of the characters? If a
playing card is a standard, are the other characters just as
minute? Again, regarding size, what about Alice’s own size and
her frequent transformations? Could it signify the difference
between Lewis Carroll and his young, untouchable love Alice
Liddell? What of the word play, rhyming, and utter n