How Did Carroll Write Alice In Wonderland

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When Alice in Wonderland was first published in 1865, it’s eccentric characters, lack of heavy moralistic theme, and even the happy ending was quite deviant from the Victorian children’s literature of that time. Most books back then were gruesome and terrifying, and more often than not had a moral behind and a slow painful death for the young protagonists in order to emphasize the importance of moralistic theme. This was due to the urge to make children obedient and mature as quickly as possible, for there was a high probability for them to experience a youthful death. Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland as a mean to reject this notion of of-as Jewels termed it-'little adults’. Alice was a manifestation of the perfect Victorian child while Wonderland