Summary Of Creative Writing In Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

What stylistic elements of a story hook a reader into deciding whether a novel is enjoyable or not? Are there certain techniques an author uses that make someone more likely to read their work again? Creative writing depends on an intricate relationship with reading where an author uses language to create the world for the reader to interpret who in turn recreate it for themselves (Scott 8). For this imaginative transference, so to speak, to happen, the author must make a series of stylistic choices involving structure, diction, syntax, rhythm, and tone. When used effectively, these elements allow the reader to participate actively in the creative relationship and immerse themselves in the story. Authors Lewis Carroll and Hilary T. Smith use

At the beginning of the story, “Carroll does not blur the boundary between the real and fantastical worlds by explicitly describing the mediating dream state; instead, he thrusts the fantastical element into the real world” (Carter). He achieves this effect through storytelling elements like diction. More specifically, he chooses words that can have multiple meanings that can be misconstrued when heard rather than read. 'I had NOT! ' cried the Mouse, sharply and very angrily. 'A knot! ' said Alice, always ready to make herself useful, and looking anxiously about her. 'Oh, do let me help to undo it! ' 'I shall do nothing of the sort, ' said the Mouse, getting up and walking away. 'You insult me by talking such nonsense! ' 'I didn 't mean it! ' pleaded poor Alice. 'But you 're so easily offended, you know! ' (Carroll

Written as a satire, Carroll’s portrayal of the Victorian Age would have fallen flat without the careful use of diction and tone, but it also would not have been effective without conflict, crisis, and resolution. Alice is first confronted with conflict when she sees the White Rabbit and must decide whether to follow him. Soon after she lands at the bottom of the rabbit hole, she must face the crisis of getting into the garden. A mini-resolution is achieved when she discovers she can changer her size, but, ultimately, this leads her to more conflict and more crisis. The actual resolution to the initial conflict does not happen until she wakes from her nap at the end of the