Comparison Of Alice In Wonderland And A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

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Humans have the natural tendency to impose personal beliefs on other nations. Concepts such as religion are forced on to these people and their ways of thinking are eradicated, so that the conqueror's ideas would be upheld. This shows the significance of human nature, which proves that human beings desire to live in an environment where the mindsets are similar to their own. If placed in a different environment, then they begin to feel uncomfortable because of fear of being in a foreign society. To counter this feeling, these people enforce their own views of society. The two novels, Alice in Wonderland and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court explore the theme of having the desire to amend the surrounding. In Alice in Wonderland, Alice is (thrust/shoved) into a world of insanity and bewilderment. …show more content…

His ambition led him to modify their society and place the image of his home. Hank also has a feeling of resentment and criticism towards the people of this era. When he first hears the knights of the Round Table boasting about boldness and trying to defeat one another, Morgan chuckles at their foolishness. He comments that he “had always imagined until now, that this sort of thing belonged to children only, and was a sign and mark of childhood; but here were these big boobies sticking to it and taking pride in it clear up into full age and beyond.” (Twain 17) The knights “did not seem to be brains enough” and compares them to ludicrous children. This point of view drives Hank and gives him the authority to initiate the process of altering their country. Where Hank is from, the country is filled with creative inventors who live in an Industrialized world. This makes him view Camelot as a civilization that is filled with morons who cannot rule a country. Hank becomes enthusiastic about changing Camelot and to recreate it as a vision of modern