Themes related to the novel

Contrasts between the reality and the fantasy world: This is perhaps the theme that Lewis discourses with greater mastery. He really catches the essence of a kid who really wants something different to happen in his life and his reaction when it finally happen. When you are a kid, you always daydream about visiting fantastical places or meeting extraordinary beings but, no matter how bad you imagine it, it never turns real. Who never thought of meeting a real sorcerer who can make you fly through a enchanted forest and summon tiny chocolate bears who are alive? I did. Does it became reality, you ask? No... Well, in Alice in Wonderland, Lewis breaks this paradigm. Through Alice, Carroll takes everyone who dreamed about the fantasy and drops in the magic world of Wonderland. Together with Alice, a girl who was used to the ordinary laws of life but also dreamed about the extraordinary, the reader becomes a child again, identifying himself with Alice.

Loss of innocence and growth towards adulthood: In the beginning of the novel, Alice can barely keep herself from crying if something bad happens. However, by the end of the book, this has changed and she is pretty much secure and certain of herself. This loss of innocence happens when Alice is put to the test by inumerous factors around her such as the constant possibility of death or enigmatic characters or even the abnormal realty of the Wonderland. Alice walks toward adulthood every step her take in the novel.

Children's vulnerability: Carroll points out throughout his book how Alice is small compared to the rest of the world and how she mostly likely to get hurt anytime. This is more frequent in the sequel to Alice in Wonderland, however Alice is constantly referring to his death without even noticing.

Wonderland's Logic: Wonderland is a very peculiar place which runs on their own laws and rules contrasting to everything previously seen in the real world. This bunch of puzzles trick Alice, twisting her innocent mind. This absence of reason is maybe given by Carroll's past as a logician. He kinds of makes fun of logic and reason. Creating the charm in the novel with the constant riddles. This charm gives a feeling that everything is a game in Wonderland even though things are pretty serious there.

Size matters: This theme is related to the second one, however, taking a more physical approach. The different sizes Alice turns to is an comparison to what happens to everyone on adolescence, since everything is changing. The key word here is, just as in the second theme, adaptation. The outer part of Alice reflects directly on her inner judgement.

I didn't know what picture to add in this post and since I want to have at least a picture per post to make things a little more colorful, here is a picture of a cupcake.

Cupcake ;D

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