Painting the Roses Red, Research
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there," Cheshire Cat.
“Alice in Wonderland,” the story of a curious young girl named Alice, finds herself falling down the rabbit hole and ending up in a place that one would imagine only in their wildest dreams. Alice comes across characters that may not seem to far away from our version of reality.
Lewis Carroll took real people that surrounded him and incorporated them into this book.
Going to Oxford he met Alice Liddell who inspired him to write the book. The character of the White Rabbit is based upon Alice’s father, Dean Liddell. The rabbit is viewed through the story as being frigid, flabbergasted, and always late. Comparing this to the real world this is how most college students are. The feeling of being overwhelmed and never having enough time in the day can be seen on most college campus across the country and even all around the world.
Alice throughout the story appears to be frustrated because of the fact that everyone appears to be mad. Not in the angry sense of the word, but actually crazy. The characters say bizarre words with hidden meanings and subliminal messages that do not make sense to the average person. It is whimsical, yet it is somewhat confusing.
“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland can be interpreted as a story about being playfully in a world and about exploring the self. ‘Who are you?’ is a central question throughout the story. Our sense of self is related highly to others through confirming and mirroring responses,” (Halle-Valle.)
Alice tries to define a world of her own; one that she feels she would belong in. She is in the frame of mind of an escape from the reality that surrounds her, which is why she is curious to follow this rabbit and falls down the rabbit hole.
“Instead of viewing the author as an identifiable figure outside of the text, preceding and creating it, they claimed the author has an effect on the text itself now defined as a ‘signifying practice that denies a unified closed meaning attached to a single and intentional authorial voice,” (Kahane, 119).
Carroll was very much apart of his book because he used characters from his real life to incorporate them into the story. He went far beyond his imagination to create the mythical creatures and a talking cat to create a story that will impact you upon reading it.
Many people have not been able to put their thumb on the real meaning of this story, yet it does link back to society. The Queen of hearts goes back to the monarchy in England. How the royals were oppressing the people and how they escaped to come to America to avoid persecution. The Queen would constantly scream, “off with his head!” if someone was in direct disobedience.
The beloved story has been heard around the world in the form of books, and two films one motion and one animation. It also has had a great impact on art. After Disney took its own spin on the book, “Alice in Wonderland” exploded. The art was so extraordinary that it gained much popularity. It is abstract, unique, and a true work of art.
Resources
Kahane, Claire. "The Smile of the Cheshire Cat: Uncovering the Author in the Text."
Women's Studies 39.2 (2010): 119-135.
Halle-Valle, Anna. "In Wonderland: A Phenomenological, Developmental and Self Psychological Analysis of a Child’s Playful Encounter with a New Reality." N.p., n.d. Web. Academic Journal
"Lewis Carroll's Biography." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation, n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2014.
Lewis Carroll took real people that surrounded him and incorporated them into this book.
Going to Oxford he met Alice Liddell who inspired him to write the book. The character of the White Rabbit is based upon Alice’s father, Dean Liddell. The rabbit is viewed through the story as being frigid, flabbergasted, and always late. Comparing this to the real world this is how most college students are. The feeling of being overwhelmed and never having enough time in the day can be seen on most college campus across the country and even all around the world.
Alice throughout the story appears to be frustrated because of the fact that everyone appears to be mad. Not in the angry sense of the word, but actually crazy. The characters say bizarre words with hidden meanings and subliminal messages that do not make sense to the average person. It is whimsical, yet it is somewhat confusing.
“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland can be interpreted as a story about being playfully in a world and about exploring the self. ‘Who are you?’ is a central question throughout the story. Our sense of self is related highly to others through confirming and mirroring responses,” (Halle-Valle.)
Alice tries to define a world of her own; one that she feels she would belong in. She is in the frame of mind of an escape from the reality that surrounds her, which is why she is curious to follow this rabbit and falls down the rabbit hole.
“Instead of viewing the author as an identifiable figure outside of the text, preceding and creating it, they claimed the author has an effect on the text itself now defined as a ‘signifying practice that denies a unified closed meaning attached to a single and intentional authorial voice,” (Kahane, 119).
Carroll was very much apart of his book because he used characters from his real life to incorporate them into the story. He went far beyond his imagination to create the mythical creatures and a talking cat to create a story that will impact you upon reading it.
Many people have not been able to put their thumb on the real meaning of this story, yet it does link back to society. The Queen of hearts goes back to the monarchy in England. How the royals were oppressing the people and how they escaped to come to America to avoid persecution. The Queen would constantly scream, “off with his head!” if someone was in direct disobedience.
The beloved story has been heard around the world in the form of books, and two films one motion and one animation. It also has had a great impact on art. After Disney took its own spin on the book, “Alice in Wonderland” exploded. The art was so extraordinary that it gained much popularity. It is abstract, unique, and a true work of art.
Resources
Kahane, Claire. "The Smile of the Cheshire Cat: Uncovering the Author in the Text."
Women's Studies 39.2 (2010): 119-135.
Halle-Valle, Anna. "In Wonderland: A Phenomenological, Developmental and Self Psychological Analysis of a Child’s Playful Encounter with a New Reality." N.p., n.d. Web. Academic Journal
"Lewis Carroll's Biography." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation, n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2014.