John Andrei N.

Binuya Pre-Finals
BMMA

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

MAIN CHARACTERS:

Alice - The story's protagonist is seven years old. Alice feels the universe is ordered and steady,
and she is fascinated by her surroundings. Wonderland pushes and upsets her views of reality.

The White Rabbit - The restless, harried Wonderland creature who first leads Alice to
Wonderland. The White Rabbit is an important person, although he is frantic, shy, and
occasionally hostile.

The Cheshire Cat - A continuously smiling cat that emerges and disappears at will. The
Cheshire Cat explains Wonderland's chaos to Alice with detached, clearheaded logic.

The Queen of Hearts - The monarch of Wonderland. The Queen is cruel and dictatorial,
constantly demanding that her subjects be beheaded.

The Mad Hatter - A little, unpleasant hatter who lives in constant teatime. The Mad Hatter
enjoys frustrating Alice.

The March Hare - The Mad Hatter's tea party companion. The March Hare takes joy in
frustrating Alice.

The Caterpillar - A creature from Wonderland. The Caterpillar perches on a mushroom, smokes
a hookah, and demeans Alice. He leads Alice to the magical mushroom, which enables her to
shrink and expand.

The King of Hearts - Co-ruler of Wonderland. The King is ineffective and usually dislikeable,
but lacks the Queen's ruthlessness and disregards her execution orders.

The Mock Turtle - A calf-headed turtle. The Mock Turtle is nice with Alice, although he is very
sentimental and self-absorbed.

The Duchess - The Queen's cousin is unusually unattractive. The Duchess is unpleasant to Alice
at first, but subsequently treats her so tenderly that her approaches appear menacing.

The Dormouse - The Mad Hatter and March Hare's buddy. The Dormouse sits at the tea table,
drifting in and out of sleep.

The Gryphon - A servant for the Queen who befriends Alice. The Gryphon takes Alice to visit
the Mock Turtle.
 MAIN SETTINGS:

Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is set in an imaginative or dream realm. Alice is

sitting on the bank of a river as the narrative begins. She notices a rabbit hurrying down a hole,
checking his watch and shouting, "I'm late." She, too, slips down the rabbit hole and finds herself
in a bizarre and surrealistic world with its own unique dream logic. At the end of the story, Alice
awakens, and the reader realizes that the world was a dream.

MAIN THEME:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland primarily revolves around the theme of growing up.
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland depicts a child's perspective on the adult
world, highlighting the silly rules, social etiquette, and egos, as well as our bad habits. Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland symbolizes a child's struggle to navigate the adult world, overcoming
her childish open-mindedness to comprehend the adult world. Adults often blindly follow rules
without questioning their reasons, leading to incomprehensible and sometimes arbitrary behavior
like Alice in Wonderland. Alice encounters a Duchess in Wonderland, seeking morality in trials.
Despite unjust trials, Alice grows and understands the adult world, reflected in her physical
changes and growing and shrinking. Alice learns about the creatures in Wonderland and copes
with the crazy rules. She prevents her own beheading and tells the Queen of Hearts it's nonsense.
She realizes the creatures are just cards and matures enough to leave Wonderland and enter the
adult world.

REFLECTION:

The story revolves around growth and changing our perception of time. Alice and the
Hatter argue about the meaning of time in reality, and the Hatter's watch only tells the day of
month. The author aims to teach children that the meaning of time varies from person to person.
The story also highlights the importance of understanding the meaning of time and its
significance, as it helps children avoid wasting it.