In terms of the previous and present study of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, scholars analyze the theme of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and focus on its relation to reality. The novel creates all characters in the setting of Wonderland, who have superior complexity towards Alice, a strange little girl from the outside world. However, the protagonist uncovered the authority’s ugliness and weakness by her purity and simplicity. The weak like Alice are bewildered but never easily abandon themselves. With the increasing attention to the development of children’s growth, the theme of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland should be analyzed in the children perspective to help most children overcome difficulties in the course of growth.

Therefore, the thesis will focus on the theme of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland -- Stumble and Fall Being Confronted with the Unknown. In the first part, the thesis will start off  with the absurdity of the unknown world. To Alice, the Wonderland she entered is also the unfamiliar adult world in which she will live in one day. In the Wonderland, Alice’s body could easily change after eating the magic cakes or drinking some special liquid; Alice met bizarre animals and men such as smiling Cheshire Cat, flakey March Hare, haughty Dodo and so on; Alice was surprised by the absolute devilry of Queen of Heart and the disordered court. The fantastic and absurd world Alice experienced will be explored in detail.文献综述

Then the focus will switch to Alice’s emotional complexity to the unknown world. In the course of adventure, Alice gradually changed her attitudes to the Wonderland. Once she fell into the Hole and

experienced the physical changes, she was filled with fear and frustration. Then she almost lost herself and began to feel confused. She even doubted her own identity. Gradually she came to feel tired of everything surrounding her and disgusted this ridiculous world where she was.

In the end, Alice finally became mature and chose the life in reality. “You’re nothing but a pack of cards!” Alice revolted against the absurd world and came back to her familiar world with her courage. The profound theme will be thoroughly explored in this part. In the development of growth, children will undoubtedly feel stumbled and confused when facing to an unknown situation. However, being courage and innocent like Alice can help them overcome any difficulty. Hopefully, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland will help readers and researchers get a better understanding of people’s stumble and fall to the unknown reflected in the novel.来.自/优尔论|文-网www.youerw.com/

2 The Absurdity of the Unknown

It is widely known that people always feel stumble and fall in unknown or uncertain situation. In the story the character, Alice fell into a totally unknown world. In there, the little girl experienced a lot of strange and fantastic things. Alice herself became different in physical dimension. She would become larger and smaller and her language competence would be out of control. What seems even worse was everything in the Wonderland was abnormal. Animals and men were wacky and raving, and authority was abused. Actually, the Wonderland Alice entered into is an adult world which she is unfamiliar. Therefore, she is fearful of everything happening in the Wonderland. Lewis Carroll described the absurdity of the unknown world to set off the confusion from the perspective of Alice.