Alice's Adventure in Wonderland  By: Lewis Carroll
 
The Plot Alice is very bored and sleepy while sitting with her older sister outside, until she sees a White Rabbit looking at his watch and talking to himself. She follows the Rabbit down a very deep rabbit hole and ends up in a hall with a tiny locked door that leads to a beautiful garden. She eats and drinks things that make her change in size, but she is still unable to get through the door into the garden.
 
When she becomes huge, she cries in frustration and when she shrinks (get smaller), she is small enough to swim around in a pool made of her own tears. In the pool, she faces many creatures, including a Mouse. The creatures and Alice manage to get out of the pool and dry off, but Alice is soon left alone.
Alice finds the Rabbit's house and grows huge after drinking a strange liquid. She terrifies the rabbit and his neighbors and grows very small again after fanning herself. Alice then comes across a Caterpillar smoking a hookah. He irritates Alice and asks her to narrate poetry, which she cannot do properly. The Caterpillar informs Alice that eating one side of the mushroom he is sitting on will make her larger but eating the other side will make her smaller. Alice is still trying to become the right size to get into the garden.
 
She comes to a house in the woods, where a Duchess, her ugly baby, her hostile Cook, and her Cat reside. The kitchen is full of spray and dishes which were hurled in anger. Alice tries to save the baby from this environment, but the baby soon turns into a pig, so she is forced to let it go. The Cheshire Cat appears, grins at Alice, and recommends that she visits the Mad Hatter or the March Hare. The Cheshire Cat vanishes and reappears suddenly. Finally, he disappears gradually so only his smile remains. (^_^)
 
Alice goes to the March Hare's house, where she finds a tea-party going on. Alice sits down at the table with the Hare, the Hatter, and the Dormouse. She finds them rude and quickly becomes annoyed with them, so she leaves. She decides to go through a door in a tree and again finds herself in the room with the tiny door leading to the garden. This time she manages to get into the garden.
In the garden she comes across three gardeners painting white roses red. They are afraid of being executed by the Queen of Hearts. Suddenly the Queen and her staff of playing cards appear. The Queen invites Alice to play croquet, and Alice joins a very strange game. She soon learns that the Duchess is to be executed. The Cheshire Cat's head appears above the ground and causes quite a stir.
 
The Duchess is brought from prison to settle matters and begins talking with Alice about the moral of everything. The Queen then decides Alice should go meet the Mock Turtle; she is escorted by the  Griffin . Alice learns the Mock Turtle's history and sees a dance called the Lobster Quadrille. Alice again tries to recite poetry with little success.
 
The  Griffin  whisks Alice back to court when they hear that the trial is beginning. The Knave of Hearts is on trial for stealing the Queen's tarts. Alice is excited to be in court and to hear the evidence of the Hatter and the Cook. Alice herself is called to testify after she has grown larger again. Alice is impolite and the King orders her to leave the court, but she refuses. She is outraged by the unfairness of the court's proceedings and provokes the Queen to order her execution. Alice tells the court that they're nothing but a pack of cards, and they rise up and attack her.
 
At this point, Alice realizes that she has been asleep for a long time in her sister's lap. She tells her sister about the events of her amazing dream and then goes in to tea. Her sister is fascinated by the dream and imagines Alice as a grown woman who will still have a child-like sense of wonder.
 
Character descriptions
Alice A little girl, probably 7 years old. She has an amazing dream about changing size and meeting various strange creatures underground in Wonderland. Alice is curious, intelligent, trusting, and ready to accept the impossible. She can be quite bold; additionally, she tends to take herself seriously and sometimes has a rather quick anger.
 
White Rabbit A rabbit wearing a waistcoat and pocket watch runs past Alice at the beginning of the story. Alice follows the White Rabbit into Wonderland. The Rabbit is rather timid and nervous. He meets Alice again at his house and at the Queen's croquet-grounds where he serves as the herald at the trial of the Knave of Hearts.
 
Caterpillar A large, blue, hookah-smoking caterpillar. He treats Alice with disrespect and makes her angry, but he helps her to grow to the height she wants to be by telling her about the special properties of the mushroom he sits on.
 
Duchess The Duchess is unfriendly when she first meets Alice, but quite pleasant later on. The Duchess believes that everything has a moral.
Cheshire Cat The Duchess' perpetually grinning cat. The cat speaks to Alice, but not to anyone else in the story. He informs Alice that he is insane. The Cheshire Cat can disappear and reappear suddenly, he can disappear very slowly, and he can appear as just a floating head.
March Hare A hare who lives in a house shaped like a hare's head. The Mad Tea Party is held on his neighborhood. At the trial, he contradicts the evidence presented by the Mad Hatter. At the time Alice meets him, he has been mad for two months. Alice doesn't care for him.
Queen of Hearts The evil, forceful queen whose kingdom includes the garden. She is factually a playing card. She constantly issues orders to execute someone or other. Alice doesn't like her at all. The Queen sends Alice to meet the  Griffin  and the Mock Turtle. At the trial, the Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing her tarts.
 
Setting The setting is Wonderland, a strange and seemingly crazy world that is entered by dropping into a rabbit hole. Animals act as normal people. Physical size as well as time are relative. However, the story also partly takes place in our ‘real’ world, where Alice starts in by sitting next to her sister, and wakes up in. In the story, Wonderland is a dream world. However, thematically, Wonderland is not really another world. It is in fact our own world, only seen through the eyes of a child.
Theme Logic and reality are played out in this story in a strange way that has some nonsense events including fantasy and imagination. Wonderland is not really another world. It is in fact our own world, only seen through the eyes of a child.
 

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    Alice's Adventure inWonderland By: Lewis Carroll
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    The Plot Aliceis very bored and sleepy while sitting with her older sister outside, until she sees a White Rabbit looking at his watch and talking to himself. She follows the Rabbit down a very deep rabbit hole and ends up in a hall with a tiny locked door that leads to a beautiful garden. She eats and drinks things that make her change in size, but she is still unable to get through the door into the garden.
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    When she becomeshuge, she cries in frustration and when she shrinks (get smaller), she is small enough to swim around in a pool made of her own tears. In the pool, she faces many creatures, including a Mouse. The creatures and Alice manage to get out of the pool and dry off, but Alice is soon left alone.
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    Alice finds theRabbit's house and grows huge after drinking a strange liquid. She terrifies the rabbit and his neighbors and grows very small again after fanning herself. Alice then comes across a Caterpillar smoking a hookah. He irritates Alice and asks her to narrate poetry, which she cannot do properly. The Caterpillar informs Alice that eating one side of the mushroom he is sitting on will make her larger but eating the other side will make her smaller. Alice is still trying to become the right size to get into the garden.
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    She comes toa house in the woods, where a Duchess, her ugly baby, her hostile Cook, and her Cat reside. The kitchen is full of spray and dishes which were hurled in anger. Alice tries to save the baby from this environment, but the baby soon turns into a pig, so she is forced to let it go. The Cheshire Cat appears, grins at Alice, and recommends that she visits the Mad Hatter or the March Hare. The Cheshire Cat vanishes and reappears suddenly. Finally, he disappears gradually so only his smile remains. (^_^)
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    Alice goes tothe March Hare's house, where she finds a tea-party going on. Alice sits down at the table with the Hare, the Hatter, and the Dormouse. She finds them rude and quickly becomes annoyed with them, so she leaves. She decides to go through a door in a tree and again finds herself in the room with the tiny door leading to the garden. This time she manages to get into the garden.
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    In the gardenshe comes across three gardeners painting white roses red. They are afraid of being executed by the Queen of Hearts. Suddenly the Queen and her staff of playing cards appear. The Queen invites Alice to play croquet, and Alice joins a very strange game. She soon learns that the Duchess is to be executed. The Cheshire Cat's head appears above the ground and causes quite a stir.
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    The Duchess isbrought from prison to settle matters and begins talking with Alice about the moral of everything. The Queen then decides Alice should go meet the Mock Turtle; she is escorted by the Griffin . Alice learns the Mock Turtle's history and sees a dance called the Lobster Quadrille. Alice again tries to recite poetry with little success.
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    The Griffin whisks Alice back to court when they hear that the trial is beginning. The Knave of Hearts is on trial for stealing the Queen's tarts. Alice is excited to be in court and to hear the evidence of the Hatter and the Cook. Alice herself is called to testify after she has grown larger again. Alice is impolite and the King orders her to leave the court, but she refuses. She is outraged by the unfairness of the court's proceedings and provokes the Queen to order her execution. Alice tells the court that they're nothing but a pack of cards, and they rise up and attack her.
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    At this point,Alice realizes that she has been asleep for a long time in her sister's lap. She tells her sister about the events of her amazing dream and then goes in to tea. Her sister is fascinated by the dream and imagines Alice as a grown woman who will still have a child-like sense of wonder.
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    Alice A littlegirl, probably 7 years old. She has an amazing dream about changing size and meeting various strange creatures underground in Wonderland. Alice is curious, intelligent, trusting, and ready to accept the impossible. She can be quite bold; additionally, she tends to take herself seriously and sometimes has a rather quick anger.
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    White Rabbit Arabbit wearing a waistcoat and pocket watch runs past Alice at the beginning of the story. Alice follows the White Rabbit into Wonderland. The Rabbit is rather timid and nervous. He meets Alice again at his house and at the Queen's croquet-grounds where he serves as the herald at the trial of the Knave of Hearts.
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    Caterpillar A large,blue, hookah-smoking caterpillar. He treats Alice with disrespect and makes her angry, but he helps her to grow to the height she wants to be by telling her about the special properties of the mushroom he sits on.
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    Duchess The Duchessis unfriendly when she first meets Alice, but quite pleasant later on. The Duchess believes that everything has a moral.
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    Cheshire Cat TheDuchess' perpetually grinning cat. The cat speaks to Alice, but not to anyone else in the story. He informs Alice that he is insane. The Cheshire Cat can disappear and reappear suddenly, he can disappear very slowly, and he can appear as just a floating head.
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    March Hare Ahare who lives in a house shaped like a hare's head. The Mad Tea Party is held on his neighborhood. At the trial, he contradicts the evidence presented by the Mad Hatter. At the time Alice meets him, he has been mad for two months. Alice doesn't care for him.
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    Queen of HeartsThe evil, forceful queen whose kingdom includes the garden. She is factually a playing card. She constantly issues orders to execute someone or other. Alice doesn't like her at all. The Queen sends Alice to meet the Griffin and the Mock Turtle. At the trial, the Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing her tarts.
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    Setting The settingis Wonderland, a strange and seemingly crazy world that is entered by dropping into a rabbit hole. Animals act as normal people. Physical size as well as time are relative. However, the story also partly takes place in our ‘real’ world, where Alice starts in by sitting next to her sister, and wakes up in. In the story, Wonderland is a dream world. However, thematically, Wonderland is not really another world. It is in fact our own world, only seen through the eyes of a child.
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    Theme Logic andreality are played out in this story in a strange way that has some nonsense events including fantasy and imagination. Wonderland is not really another world. It is in fact our own world, only seen through the eyes of a child.
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