Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Group

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mijeejo
mijeejo
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What do you think was author Lewis Carroll's purpose in writing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

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Posted by mijeejo on Thursday August 16, 2007 at 9:44 AM and tagged with alice's adventures in wonderland, lewis carroll.


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  1. cmcqueeney Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    Lewis Carroll himself identified his purpose as simply to entertain a young girl, Alice Liddell who was the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church College.  He told this story to Alice and her two sisters during an outing, and for years later, Alice begged him to write it down.  Others read it, and encouraged him to publish the fairy tale.

    Since that time, critics have analyzed and re-analyzed Carroll's fantastical creatures, plot, and language, and have develop multiple meanings. Many critics agree that the story is a subconcious reaction to the strict Victorian time period. 

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    Posted by cmcqueeney on Thursday August 16, 2007 at 10:05 AM

  2. lrlettis
    lrlettis Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    The Liddell's had given Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and his friend Robert Duckworth permission to take their three daughters on a picnic. It was a hot July day, the site of the picnic was a clearing up the river. The five of them got into a small rowboat to get there.

    It took some time to get the the clearing. Dodgson and Duckworth were rowing the boat and were getting impatient with the impatience of the Liddell sisters. As you may imagine, the girls were becoming restless in a "are we there yet" manner. They were probably bickering among one another and rocking the boat.

    Dodgson, perhaps because he had done so before, asked if they wanted him to tell a story. The rest is history and one of the most famous children's books, Alice in Wonderland.

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    Posted by lrlettis on Thursday April 23, 2009 at 10:00 AM