Sarah+Zwilsky

Thesis Statemeant: Lewis Carroll has influenced pop culture by his creative stories, characters, and his play on words. Lewis Carroll //IPL//. 26 Apr. 2010. College of Information and Society. 30 Apr. 2010 . //Lenny's Alice In Wonderland Site//. 2010 30 Apr. 2010 . "Art: Alice in Wonderland". __Time__ "Lewis Carroll transfomed children's leterature with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is a classic of English literature, which proved revolutionary." Pat, Ryan. "Mad as a Hatter". __New York Times__ 3/5/2010:
 * 1) Wrote a parody of twinkle, twinkle little star
 * 2) His characters are very hard-headed and stubborn
 * 3) Characters have opinions on society, and what they think it should be
 * 4) Some of the things his characters say are "puzzles" to figure out
 * 5) All of his storis may seem irrational, but they way his metaphors are inferred depends on the reader or viewer
 * 6) Used a political cartoonist to draw his pictures
 * 7) Critism says that you couldn't comprehend his writing without the pictures
 * 8) The growing up theme is most common is Carroll's writings
 * 9) Ways Carrolls influence has affected pop culture examples; greeting cards, LEGO alice, halloween costumes, Mad Lips, and tea parties
 * 1) Alice In Wonderland represents the childhood struggle to live in the world of adults
 * 2) A Dutchess; finds a moral in everything
 * 3) During Alices trials and journeys at wonderland she learns to understand the adult world somewhat more
 * 4) Chechire Cat believes everything is mad, and you're better off crazy.
 * 5) The Queen of Hearts believes that the only way to live is to be told exactly what to do when to do it.
 * 6) Every character in his book was based off somebody in his life
 * 7) Many groups study his work
 * 8) Literature analyst try to comprehend his work
 * 9) No one theory has every been proven
 * 1) Queen Victoria wrote Lewis Carroll a letter asking him to send her books and poems for her personal pleasure
 * 2) Through the Looking Glass is the second book of Alice in Wonderland
 * 3) Alice is a child, who will only have the memories of wonderland; like how a teenager will on have the memories of those long summer nights
 * 4) Alice was based off a real person, Lewis Carroll's friends daughter, who at the time was twelve and wanted to learn so much about the adult world, but couldn't quite comprehend why
 * 5) Alice in Wonderland was given to her as a Christmas present from Lewis Carrol
 * 1) Many books have been made analyzing, annoting the writing of Lewis Carroll
 * 2) They've inspired countless literarie, film, and theatre adaptions
 * 3) "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome" a nuerological disease where someone thinks they are growing smaller and larger
 * 4) It's said that Alice in Wonderland was written about Lewis Carrolls obsession with young girls
 * 5) Carroll uses the term "mad" frequently in his writing meaning crazy
 * ## A mad hatter is a common phrase some use to describe someone who's crazy
 * 1) His romantic poems were said to be written about his secret love for his friend's daughter
 * 2) Alice is described as a fearless little girl
 * 3) "Solitude" is said to be the most romantic poem of its time
 * 4) Critism of his romantic poems say that he was a pedofile who was madly in love with Alice, his friends 12 year old daughter
 * 5) His books have been published in countless languages around the globe
 * 6) There are college courses on Carroll
 * 7) Confrences are held about him
 * 8) There's multiple groups about him around the world
 * 9) He's recognized for his amazing word play
 * 10) Logic puzzles were often hidden within his work
 * 11) Writing was a way for him to expresss his feelings with wordplay and logic puzzles that have been attempted to been unpuzzled and translated for centuries but noone quite knows exactly what he was talking about
 * 12) Lewis guarded the privacy of his life
 * 13) After he died all his papers and diaries were burned
 * 14) "Baby i'm afraid you've gone mad, but your mother was mad, and the mad people have more fun in life."