Alice in Wonderland

My first encounter with Alice is the Disney movie version of the story. Only later did I discover that it all started from a storybook written by Lewis Carroll. You can read or listen to the original for free here:

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Alice in Wonderland Storybook Characters

• Alice – the heroine of the story that explores the world of Wonderland
• Alice’s sister – reads out loud a pictureless book with Alice at the river bank (the White Rabbit mistakes her for "Mary Anne")
• White Rabbit – the first creature of Wonderland that unintentionally lures Alice into Wonderland.
• Dinah – Alice’s family cat
• Mouse – swims to the shore with Alice from the sea of tears
• Lory, Duck, Dodo, and Eaglet – swims along with alice and other animal to shore
• Pat and Bill – they are servants of the white rabbit. Bill is a lizard
• Pup – alice plays with it a little
• Blue Caterpillar – smokes a long hookah
• Pigeon – accuses Alice of being a serpent and wanting to eat her eggs
• Fish Footman – delivers notice to the duchess
• Frog Footman – sits outside of the house, staring up at the sky
• The Duchess – sits in the kitchen holding a baby
• Baby – turns into pig when Alice takes it out the house
• Cook – throws kitchen equipments at the Duchess and baby
• Cheshire cat – shows up at the Duchess’s house. It tells Alice the directions of the Mad Hatter and March Hare and of the croquet game at the Queen’s place.
• March Hare and Mad Hatter – have an unending tea party because Time has gotten angry with them and thus kept them as 6 in the evening always.
• Dormouse – companions of the Mad Hatter and March Hare and always asleep
• Two, Five, and Seven Cards – the Queen’s gardeners painting the roses red
• Queen – calls “Off with her head”
• King – cowardly and under the Queen’s command
• Card Soldiers – servants of the Queen
• Knave – servant of Queen that is accused of stealing the queen’s tarts
• Flamingo – used as a mallet for croquet
• Hedgehogs – used as the balls for croquet
• Gryphon – takes Alice to see Mock Turtle
• Mock Turtle – tells Alice his tales and does the Lobster Quadrille dance

Alice in Wonderland Storybook Quotes

• ALICE: “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversation?
• ALICE: “I wonder if I shall fall right THROUGH the Earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward!”
• ALICE: “Dinah my dear! I wish you were down here with me!”
• ALICE: “Curiouser and curiouser!”
• ALICE: “How doth the little crocodile/Improve his shining tail!”
• WHITE RABBIT: “Why, Mary Ann, what ARE you doing out here?”
• CATERPILLAR: “Keep your temper”
• CATERPILLAR: “It is a very good height indeed!”
• CHESIRE CAT: “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
• MAD HATTER: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?”
• QUEEN: “Off with his head!”

Suggestion

All the characters in Alice in Wonderland have a strong personality and each seems to have many features to write about. My very favorite characters are the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat. Try to write a story about your favorite character that makes them the main character instead.