My Favorite Novel - Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

I. About the Novel

The genre of Alice in Wonderland is children's literature. This novel was written by Lewis Carroll, who was a British mathematician, and first published in 1865. This novel was written for a little girl, Alice Liddell, she is a heroine. This story is very mystery, but it's funny. One day, Alice fell down into the rabbit hole, and then, her fantasy story start. Alice drinks a bottle, then her body is smaller and smaller, whereas she eats a cake,her body is bigger and bigger. Alice opens the door to door, she meets a lot of character. For example, mice, caterpillar, Cheshire cat, hatter and so on. The end of the story, Alice is in the courtroom to listen to the proceeding, "Who ate the queen's tarts ". Then Alice criticized because the traial was nonsense, so Alice cried "Don't be stupid!, who's afraid of you? I'm not. You're only cards!" then cards came down on top of Alice, she screamed. Then Alice opened her eyes, she was under the tree, next her sister. This story is Alice's dream.

Works Cited （参考文献）

 "不思議の国のアリス." <https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8D%E6%80%9D%E8%AD%B0%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD%E3%81%AE%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9>

画像　上　
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画像　下
<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Alice_par_John_Tenniel_42.png>.

II. Versions of the Novel in the Mass Media

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These movies are all ''Alice in Wonderland''. First movie is Disney's animation. Second is movie by human act, not an animation. Last one is a musical, this is not movie, so live performance. ''Alice in Wonderland'' is originally story for another media. However, Disney version is very famous.

Works Cited （参考文献）

①https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkr2GOhANYM
②https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png
③https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png

III. About the Author

Lewis Carroll was born in January 27th, 1832 and died in January 14th, 1898. He is a British mathematician. His real name is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, so Lewis Carroll is a pen name. He wrote some story, for example, "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" in 1871 and "The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8Fits)" in 1876.

Works Cited （参考文献）

 "ルイス・キャロル."
<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AB>.

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - Protagonist (メインキャラクター)

• Protagonist means main character.
• Alice in Wonderland's main characters are Alice, White rabbit, Cheshire Cat.
• Alice is a person, but others are animals. This story is Alice's mysterious adventure. Alice is a little girl, so she has romantic images to her life.

B. Reaction Point - Setting (設定、背景、場所)

• Setting is story's background and place.
• This story has happened in Alice's dream. First, Alice saw a White rabbit so, she ran after him, but she falls in a whole. This means Alice fall asleep. Alice saw a wonderful dream. Finally, she cried in the her dream, she awake.
• This story's setting is a little girl's dream.

C. Reaction Point - motif (出来事のイメージ、テーマやタイプなどの定期的な要素)

• Motif means a recurring element,such as an image, theme, or type of incident.
• When Alice is falling down, her body fell very slowly.And, she drank a mysterious bottle, her body being very small, and she ate a cake, her body being very big. This situation happens in the story many times.
• This story's motif is her body.

D. My General Opinion
This novel is written for children, but many adult can read happily, because this story reminds our childhood. I think Alice wanted to play with her sister, but her sister read a book which is no picture. So, I think Alice has slept wearily. Alice's adventure is very interesting for me. I was surprised the end of the story. I didn't think this story is all of Alice's dream! This story's character are almost animals, but they are like the human being. I think this point is the most interesting.