review of Alice in Wonderland

The fictional character of Alice lives a posh lifestyle in the mid to late 1800s in London, England. She is highly intelligent, and like any well brought up girl she is sophisticated and a great thinker for a seven and a half-year-old child. Alice is extremely brave, not being afraid to venture far out into new places or the unknown and she will become determined to investigate anything curious that makes her wonder. Alice does not have any friends, nor is she an outcast or loner. Much of her time is spent with family, such as her older sister who gives her daily lessons because Alice is homeschooled. Outwardly, Alice is proper, well behaved, well groomed and poised. She has a charming elegance and grace beyond her years. She's a devoted lady, always giving a polite curtsey when introducing herself. For a little girl, she is very well spoken, having a natural English accent. She can memorize things very quickly and recites poetry and nursery rhymes with ease. Alice knows all of the rules of a young ladies etiquette because she was brought up by a rather wealthy family from a privileged upper-class lifestyle. It is quite likely that she is possibly even related to royalty through marriage or other aristocratic figures of high society and respected positions during the time the stories take place. Despite her charismatic charm, Alice can be very immature at times and innocently mischievous. She may enjoy acting in a fancy fashion or much older than she truly is to impress, but she is undeniably a very curious little thing. This trait normally gets the better of Alice and leads her into many chaotic situations. She's slightly lazy at times, often seen daydreaming or sleeping in the day, instead of doing anything productive, as she dislikes books with no pictures and loathes her daily history lessons. Alice would much rather take a relaxing canoe ride on the lakes of Oxford while admiring the lily-pads and listen to fantasy stories. Or Alice would rather climb trees, build a card house or make daisy chains to wear or even adorn her little pet kitten, Dinah, with a flower crown. Instead of listening to the advice of others who are more mature and wiser such as her big older sister Alice does everything according to her own morals and beliefs. Not even Dinah understands why her little mistress desires a "world of her own." Surprisingly, Alice is very good at giving herself advice but seldom does she follow it. Because of this she is lead by her own subconscious into one silly or outrageous scenario after another. When Alice enters the bizarre dimension of Wonderland and later steps into the alternative realm of Wonderland, the Looking Glass, she finds it harder and harder to maintain her composure and keep her patience because of all the poppycock and nonsense that occurs in these strange, undiscovered places. Alice also can be unintentionally mischievous and hypocritical, for when anyone words something incorrectly in a sentence, Alice will call them out on it and correct them on the "vulgar" use of grammar. Yet at times Alice herself does not speak correctly but never catches herself slipping or making these mistakes she criticizes others of being guilty of. This causes Alice to come off as arrogant and narcissistic at times even though she means well.