The Importance Of Alice In Wonderland

When we are young boys and girls, we are persistently asked what we want to be when we grow up. We then grow up and feel we must go on in our lives seeking some profession or passion and make that a reason for why we continue to live or what gives our life its meaning. We find simple pleasure in the mundane to somehow convince ourselves that life has meaning, and we are on this earth to fulfill that meaning. Contrarily, some of us will grow with different views of the world and may even find a nihilistic view of how the world is run and what its purpose is. Ultimately, we all find that in some way life is, in fact, absurd no matter what significance we try to put behind it. Despite our attempts to convince ourselves that there is some reason

There are talking animals, food and drinks that make Alice change size, and plenty other strange things that occur. Alice is thrust into a world where the tasks, riddles, and creatures she faces makes no logical sense. Whether that be through an unfair croquet game with the Queen or trying to solve an unsolvable riddle by the Mad Hatter, Alice finds new and absurd customs in Wonderland all the time. For the creatures of Wonderland, they are not hindered by the inability to explain their ways. Instead, they simply continue living their lives without having to constantly question their motives. Absurdity defines Wonderland because the characters never have any rational significance behind their actions. Additionally, Wonderland is absurd because the characters never once question why they do what they do. When introduced to the playing cards, Alice questions their motives as, “A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red” (Carroll 51). She timidly asks why they are painting the roses, and after hearing their explanation, she meets the savage Queen. Although the playing cards had a reason for painting the roses, the audience is left to question why a more logical route was not taken. To an outsider like Alice, the peculiarity of that world brings forth a great deal of

She learns, through all the odd and nonsensical things that occur, to continue moving forward. Although she did question the creatures, she would never push further to learn even more about their bizarre society. Like any other child, she asks “why” to the misunderstood practices in Wonderland, but even when given a thoughtless answer or no answer at all, she does not dwell on the meaning as much as she tries to learn the customs of Wonderland. Alice never had to train herself for dealing with the absurdity because her mind was already open to endless possibilities, and her curiosity was never quelled with only one absurd