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The Foolishness Of Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland

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Alice because Alice is responsible for the newborn and knows if she did not take the toddler; “they’re sure to kill it in a day or two” (Carroll 55) A youth’s mind is usually illogical and full of nonsense. Adults living in the Victorian era did not take minors seriously and are often ignored for this reason. Logic is non-existent in Wonderland, making everything random with no meaning. “ ‘Well, I sha’n’t go, at any rate,’ said Alice. ‘besides, that’s not a regular rule: you invented it just now. ’It’s the oldest rule in the book,’ said the king. ‘Then it ought to be Number One,’ said Alice” (Carroll 104). Knowing that Wonderland is a nonsensical world, Alice uses her current knowledge to make sense of the foolishness that is presented. In
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