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Why Is Lewis Carroll Considered An Odd Man?

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While reading Alice in Wonderland i'm sure many of you have stopped to think. "Who is this curious man writing about such odd things?" Well, today I am going to tell you! Leiws Carroll was indeed an odd man. Look at the fact provided and see what you think maybe just maybe you'll find this odd author quite facinating. 1. Lewis Carroll suffered from poor health conditions. The poor man suffered from conditions such as epilepsy, a stammer, a small amount of hearing loss, and the more common condition ADHD. This should certainly take a toll on writing yet he carried on. 2. This very odd man could write 20 words in one minute with just a pen. That would require a lot of skill and practice. 3. Sometimes just for the fun of it Lewis would …show more content…

But who exactly was she? How did they meet? Lets find out! Alice Liddell was the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. She grew up with many younger brothers and a few older siblings as well. She met Lewis Carroll when he was photographing the church this lead to a friendship between the family. He became good friends with Alice's older brother Harry. When her brother went off to school Alice and her sisters went on boating trip with Lewis just as Harry did. During these boating trips Lewis would tell the children stories which is how Alice in Wonderland was created. There are many pictures of the little girl due to Lewis's skill in photography. As we all know Alice's adventures in Wonderland were just a dream and nothing more but what suggests that in the story so far? Well when Alice drinks the potion and grows to big she begins to cry nearly drowning in her own tears. This suggest that Alice's life is rather lonely so she is often sad. Another indication that this was all but a dream is when Alice follows the rabbit to his home but become too big. This indicates that Alice struggles in her life and even when she reaches a goal she faces more

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