Alice In Wonderland: Alice's Childhood

Alice in Wonderland

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Introduction The story of Alice in Wonderland is about Alice wandering though the Wonderland experiencing different types of encounters which are puzzling to her. In chapter 2, the biggest puzzle that Alice encounters is her own childhood identity. There are many different types of puzzles that Alice encounter some are the dream puzzles and some are the puzzles that basically make very little sense however the puzzle that will be discussed in this essay is the puzzle about Alice’s childhood which makes her a curious child (Chapter 1, Karlsson,2011)

Alice’s Adventures and the Nature of Childhood

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Similarly, Alice also asks for proof about certain things which she is told which is similar to the fact when Clifford says in his essay that unless there is sufficient evidence an individual should not believe everything that is told. According to Williams unless there is substantial evidence people should not believe and therefore he did support Clifford’ essay even though other critics during his time tore open his defense of Clifford’s

The second philosophical theory that is evident in the novel is the pro-socratic philosophy which is illustrated by the discussion about the existence of the Non Being, the philosophical theory of Plato is also seen and is depicted by the Cheshire Cat in the novel, Carroll depicts the Pythagorean Theory though the Numerical Concept and the philosophical theory of opposites as Humpty Dumpty puts it that, ‘that there must exist an opposite to a birthday which is an un-birthday’ The King and the Queen are a parody on the monarchy of England which shows that the power of the proletariat according to het Marxist was still not a dominant theory but the seeds had been planted which would later become a full fledged