Analysis Of The Cheshire Cat

Alice is illustrated as a curious young girl with a big imagination. She is a daydreamer, and cannot pay attention for long. One day, while daydreaming, Alice spots a white rabbit that is wearing a coat and carrying a pocket-watch. This intrigues Alice and she decides to follow past the brook and into a rabbit hole (Carroll 9). She falls, and falls, and falls, until she is in a room filled with doors.

There in front of her is a bottle; it reads quite simply “DRINK ME” (Carroll 14). At first, she was weary about the bottle. It could be poison, but she was not for certain. She did not hurry to drink from the bottle, and studied it for a while. She questioned the consequences, but it seemed that none were too frightening to stop her from

He can vanish into thin air, and appear when he thinks is suitable. When he appears, his evil smile appears first. It is a curled, wicked smile. A cloud of smoke follows, preceding The Cheshire Cat. What makes The Cheshire Cat even more interesting is his ability to talk. However, in Wonderland, almost everything can talk. It makes a person wonder if anyone really is sane.

Though he is always vanishing into the air, he does seem to be useful to Alice. He is the only one who will listen to Alice. When speaking to Alice, he tells her the procedures of Wonderland. He knows the rules the best because he is the Duchess’ cat. Alice is thankful for The Cheshire Cat’s information, and often looks to him for more assistance. However, he is full of riddles and perplexing questions. Later, when Alice is inquiring for directions, he tells her "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to." "I don 't much care where –" says Alice,

"Then it doesn 't matter which way you go.” (Carroll 80). He then adds, "In that direction," the Cat said, waving its right paw round, "lives a Hatter: and in that direction," waving the other paw, "lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they 're both mad." (Carroll

An example is part of a conversation between The Mad Hatter and Alice. “The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" "Come, we shall have some fun now!" thought Alice. "I 'm glad they 've begun asking riddles. — I believe I can guess that," she added aloud. "Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare. "Exactly so," said Alice. "Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. "I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least--at least I mean what I say--that 's the same thing, you know." "Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter. "You might just as well say that I see what I eat ' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see '!" "You might just as well say," added the March Hare, "that 'I like what I get ' is the same thing as 'I get what I like '!" "You might just as well say," added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, "that 'I breathe when I sleep ' is the same thing as 'I sleep when I breathe '!" (Carroll 86 – 87). The Mad Hatter’s arrogance does not trouble Alice, but instead helps her learn and take her own