Important Quotes

The following quotes and analysis are related to the previous post.

“Who in the world am I?” Ah, that’s the great puzzle. - Alice

Once again Alice is a victim of the Wonderland madness. She giving all of her to understand the creatures she just met and the rituals of the place. This lack of security makes Alice to start questioning her own identity and reality. This adds to the unique and fantastical mood of the Wonderland, bringing the feeling to the reader that this is the real deal and the Wonderland is not fooling around. We can relate back to this quote at the end of the book, when Alice wakes up. Neither Alice nor the reader is sure about the existence of the Wonderland.

"Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!" - The White Rabbit

The White Rabbit is the one responsible for bringing Alice all the way into the Wonderland. We can all thank him because if didn't run near Alice by the riverbank, she would never discover the existence of the Wonderland. And this quote refers exactly to this moment. Where the White Rabbit grabs his clock inside his waistcoat and Alice sees it. She realizes that's not something you would see everyday and decide to follow him. We can understand this quote as a foreshadow of what is coming for Alice. First, the rabbit talks: this means he is a mystical being who probably live in a mystical place. Second, he keeps saying to himself he is late and looks at his watch: we can infer that something big is happening and that the rabbit can't be late. Taking this two facts we can guess that this place where the rabbit is going is definitely not normal.

"We are all mad here." - The Cheshire Cat

Another evidence of the madness of the Wonderland. When someone that lives in a place and admits everyone there, including himself, is crazy it's time for you to start selecting better people to talk to. Alice probably felt more insecure at that time. The constant fear of something coming out of nowhere and attacking here was always present. Alice would have to be more cautious onwards.

"What is the use of a book, without pictures or conversations?" - Alice

Here we can observe Alice's natural child behavior towards a boring book. I used the same criteria for selecting my books to rear when I was younger. This shows how innocent she is and how hungry for fantasy she also is. This is the same theme discussed previously.