Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll is a well known and talked about author, whose writings have stirred up
much controversy. His work has inspired ballot, puppet shows, and even music videos.
(Vink). Lewis Carroll is an outstanding English writer because of his background, his
position in English literature, and his many works, such as his novel, “Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland.”
“‘Lewis Carroll,’ as he was to become known, was born on January 27, 1832 (Leach 1).
He was raised on a parsonage that was located in the middle of a cornfield. The family even
raised livestock to supplement their income. Carroll was the oldest of four boys and seven
girls. He referred to his mother as “‘one of the sweetest and gentlest women that ever lived,’
and was notable for the energy with which she ran the household.” ( Carpenter and Prichard 97).
She taught all her children at home while they were young. His father was an ordained priest.
It was in 1843 when Carroll was eleven, the family moved to Yorkshire. This was a much
more lucrative living arrangement; in fact, the house was “... so big that Mr. Dodgson was able
to find room on the grounds for a school holding about [sixty] children” (97).
At twelve, Carroll was sent to grammar school at Richmond where he was happy and hard-
working. However, two years later he was sent on to a small private school at Rugby, where he
was apparently bullied. Something he wrote a few years later aroused the suspicion that he may
have suffered from some form of sexual abuse while at Rugby, but this is only a speculation.
“He left Rugby at the end of 1849 and ...went on in January 1851 to Oxford: to his father’s old
college, Christ Church” (Leach 2). After only two days, he had to return home because “his
mother had died of ‘Inflammation of the Brain’– perhaps meningitis or a stroke – at the age of
forty- seven” (2) This did not seem to distract Carroll much or if it did it did not show, for he
returned right back to Oxford where “the following year he achieved a first in Honour
Moderations, and was nominated to a Studentship (2). He later won the Christ Church
Mathematical Lectureship that he held for twenty-six years. “The income was good but the work
bored him” (2). “He became deacon of the Church of England in 1861 but chose not to go
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his diary were missing. Years later after Alice was married, Carroll sent her a letter that read,
“I’ve had scores of child friends but they have been quite a different thing” (Vink). It was
six years after Carroll wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that he decided to write the
sequel to it called Through the Looking Glass. “The story was based on a chess game which
is believed by some that is represents Alice becoming as adult and when Alice wins the chess
game, Carroll loses Alice” (Vink). Without a doubt, Lewis Carroll is truly an outstanding
English writer as a result of his background, his position in English literature, and his many
writings, including his novel, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
One critic had this to say about Lewis Carroll: He had a knack for being able to make the oldest
person feel as if he/she was seven and a half, and following a rabbit, or any other animal that people
think of when they see, or hear the words, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” What they do not
think of are the oddities Lewis Carroll put so much thought into while writing the book
(www.studyworld.com).
The Carroll family then packed up and moved to Lexington Kentucky, where he worked at the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation office. In 1954, he earned a bachelor’s of arts in political science degree from the University of Kentucky. He then would attend the University of Kentucky’s school of law where he earned his law degree in 1956. For the next five years he practice law as a military lawyer at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas, as well as serving with the Paducah law firm of Reed, Scent, Reed, and Walton before beginning his political career in 1961.
One of the key characteristics of Carroll's story is his use of language. Consequently, much of the nonsense in Alice has to do with transpositions, either of mathematical scale or in the scrambled verse parodies. As an illustration of mathematical scale transposit...
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work on his family farm. His mother then sent him back to school so that he could
She may not have intentionally chosen which topics (i.e. Time to pursue but the conclusion she reaches is the same in her interactions: Wonderland is governed by irrationality and her rational self cannot come to terms with it. One may argue ‘how is a seven and a half year old capable of such thinking?’ One must note that Wonderland is a dream and because Alice is dreaming, she is capable of it. Works Cited Lewis, Carroll. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
Although some ideas are just rumors, there is still enough evidence in his writing to fuel the fire and make it plausible. In his writing there are multiple details that you can relate or compare to his life experiences so you can accurately say that they influenced his novels and his style of writing. Lewis is famous for his unorthodox method of writing and critics have had many ideas on what have influenced it. Drug problems, enjoyment of children, leisure activities,victorian lifestyle, eating habits, and logical ideas are all items that affected Lewis Carroll’s writing. Looking through his novels one can clearly see that his life in general influenced his style of imaginative
As an example, we can take the very first chapter of Lewis Carroll’s book, “Through the Looking-Glass”, and reanalyze some
Vallone, Lynne. Notes. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. By Lewis Carroll. New York: The Modern Library Classics, 2002.245-252. Print.
One of the main purposes for writing Alice in Wonderland was not only to show the difficulties of communication between children and adults. In this story, almost every adult Alice talked to did not understand her. At times she messed up what they were saying completely as well, which many times stick true to real life circumstances. This book shows that kids and adults are on completely separate pages on an everlasting story. Carroll points out that sometimes children, like Alice, have a hard time dealing with the transition from childhood to adulthood, 'growing up.' Alice in Wonderland is just a complicated way of showing this fact. Lewis Carroll's ways with words is confusing, entertaining, serious, and highly unique all at the same time. And it's safe to say that it would be difficult to replicate such and imaginative technique ever again (Long 72).
Carroll is unwilling to accept the fact that Alice is growing up and that their friendship is coming to an end. In Alice in Wonderland, Alice is portrayed as a child in need of help, much like how Alice needed Carroll. However in Through the Looking Glass, Alice is portrayed as older and independent. This is because Carroll sees Alice as years older than when he first wrote about her, despite her only being six months older in the book. Carroll in reminiscing on the way Alice used to spend time with him and he misses that friendship. His dependency on Alice is shown at the end of the White Knight’s scene through the White Knight’s insistence that she sees him off. The White Knight bringing Alice to the final brook to become a queen is Carroll’s way of showing that he needs to let Alice go in order for her to grow
Richard Morton, (December, 1960). "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass". Elementary English. 37 (8), pp.509-513