Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Analysis of Style and Structure

Lewis Carroll is an author that likes to depict her work in images, symbols, and through using a fair amount of literary devices. Lewis uses a main theme that surrounds the book and I think that theme is mystery because she puts the main character Alice into a world where there aren`t any rules, animals can talk and are in fact superior to humans, and a world where basically anything can happen.
This book starts with a joyful tone when Alice is by the river on a sunny day, and eventually starts chasing a rabbit that is supposedly not an everyday rabbit. Then, not too soon it turns into a sort of sad tone because Alice can`t seem to find her way through the doors. Then finally it turns into a humorous mood because she meets up with this mouse and she tries to make him feel better but really messes up with her wording.
In this book there`s a lot of imagery because Lewis Carroll tries to give the reader a general sense of what all the characters look like and how they contrast from each other. The other main thing about this book that makes it stand out from others and something that I haven`t seen before in any other book is the fact that Lewis Carroll implements food as a sort of cure to Alice`s problems. For example the cake makes Alice grow bigger and the potion makes her shrink. These are symbols that represent the sort of solution that Alice needed in the situation because she had a conflict, such as when she couldn`t fit through the door she used different tactics to try and find her way. I think that everyone should be given a chance to read this book because you never know what can happen next in the crazy world of Alice’s Wonderland.

1 comment:

  1. u did a great job explaining the style that lewis carroll like to write. Good job Gagan!!!

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