Quick Facts

Plot

Screenshot of the Disney's adaptation of Alice

Alice sits next to her sister in a riverbank on a summer day feeling bored when suddenly she sees a white rabit in a waistcoat running a few meters from her. The rabbit grabs his watch and exclaims he is late and run for a nearby rabbit hole. Alice without thinking twice follows the rabbit and jumps inside the hole. After falling for several minutes, Alice hits the bottom and encounter a huge hallway with many looked doors. She finds a small door that opened with a key that was lying over a table in the middle of the room. Through the tiny door she can see an beautiful garden, however, she doesn't fit through it. After drinking a bottle labeled "DRINK ME" and shrinking, Alice founds herself crying when she realizes she left the key to the door over the table and she can't reach it. Alice then discovers a little cake marked "EAT ME", which she eats and grows until the ceiling. Once again she finds herself crying since she is to big to fit in the doors. However, now her tears are so big they turn in to an ocean where she starts to drown. A mice appears out of nowhere and helps Alice to get to the shore, there she meets a couple of animals but quickly scare them away and finds herself alone again. Alice finally gets to the wonderland. Here, she will experience the most weird and impossible events trying to get back to her world. Meanwhile Alice mets various iconic characters which either help her on her journey or are foils between Alice and Her goal. The antagonist of the novel, the Queen of Hearts, is the supreme ruler of Wonderland and won't let Alice leave. After great suffering, Alice finally manages to leave Wonderland. She wakes up on her sister's lap at the riverbank questioning if it was all a dream.


Characters


Alice: The protagonist of the novel. A seven year old girl, who is used to the monotony of the world and has a insatiable curiosity on everything around her. Wonderland is the great contrast between everything she believed.


The White Rabbit: A very important character to the story. He is the one who brings Alice to Wonderland. He is always worried about the time  adn somewhat manic, timid and aggressive. 


The Queen of Hearts: The ruler of Wonderland. The antagonist of the novel, a very demanding a angry character.


The Cheshire Cat:  A classic and iconic character of the novel. A cat who can teleport and become invisible at will. He is responsible for explaining the madness of the Wonderland to Alice


The Caterpillar: Another Wonderland creature. He lives in a mushroom and is constantly smoking a hookah. He always treat Alice with disdain.


Setting

Alice in Wonderland  is set in various places such as riverbank at the begining of the story or the rabbit hole. However it is mostly set in the magical places inside the Wonderland such as the forest she meets the Cheshire Cat and the Caterpillar and the Queen of Hearts Castle


SparkNotes. "Alice in Wonderland" 2011. n. pag. Web. 28/02/2011


PS. I used Sparknotes since it's hard to remember every detail of the plot or traces of the characters. It was some kind of aid while i was writing. I'm not that lazy ;D