Essay About Lewis Carrolls Novel Alice And White Rabbit

Alice in Wonderland
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In Lewis Carrolls novel Alice in Wonderland, Alice is curious, well-
mannered, and confused while she tries to find her way out of Wonderland.
Alice meets many unique and weird creatures which eventually help her
escape wonderland. Alice shows that she is curious through her actions. At
the beginning of the book Alice gets distracted from her “boring” work, and
chases a white rabbit down a hole. This excerpt describes Alices curiosity,
“Alice started to her feet, for it flashed in her mind that she had never
before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket”. When Alice is at the
bottom of the hole she find a bottle labeled “Drink Me”, she wants to see
what it tastes like, this excerpt describes the event “this bottle was
not marked `poison, so Alice ventured to taste it, finding it very nice”.
Another instant that shows her curiosity when she looks for the white
rabbits fan and gloves, she finds a bottle, this time there was no table,
“There was no label this time with the words `Drink Me `I know
something interesting is going to happen ` Ill just see what it
does,”. Alice is like a little girl that is still exploring the world
around her, but she finds that she is more mature than the creatures in
Wonderland.
Alice is very well mannered in Victorian ways to the creatures of
Wonderland. Alice shows her good manners when she enters the white rabbits
house and the rabbit tells Alice to go fetch his gloves and fan, “Id
better take his fan and gloves- that is if I can find them”, since Alice is
a guest, uninvited, she follows the owners orders. When Alice runs into
caterpillar she calls him “Sir”, here is an excerpt from the book , ” I
cant explain myself myself, Im afraid, Sir”, this shows that she respects
the creatures of Wonderland. When Alice enters the Duchesses house and the
Duchess throws