Alice in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) is ...



Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Final Discussion Questions Names_________________

Answer the following questions in groups of 2 or 3 ___________________

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1. What is significant about the title (it used to be called Alice Underground, why change it)?

2. What are the conflicts in Alice in Wonderland? What types of conflict (physical, moral, intellectual, or emotional)?

3. How does Lewis Carroll reveal character in Alice in Wonderland?

4. What are some symbols in Alice in Wonderland? How do they relate to the plot and characters?

5. Is Alice consistent in her actions? Is she a fully developed character? How? Why?

6. Does Alice change and/or develop as a human being?

7. How does Alice relate to other characters in the book?

8. Do you find the characters likable? Are the characters persons you would want to meet? Why or why not?

9. Does the story end the way you expected? How? Why?

10. How essential is the setting to the story? Could the story have taken place anywhere else?

11. How does Carroll use poetry in this novel (please identify specific examples)? Why?

12. Please answer the final question in paragraph form on a separate sheet of paper

Part I: What are the central themes of the story? Is the theme/purpose important or meaningful?

Part II: Most would consider Alice to be a children’s book, yet we are reading it in a senior level English class—what is it about this book that is accessible for readers of all ages (what might a 3rd grader get out of this book and what does a 12th grader get out of it—is there any overlap)? One way to think about this is to compare the two main film adaptations: Disney and Tim Burton.

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