Alice in Wonderland: a Book and Film Comparison

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Alice in Wonderland: A Comparison between the Novel by Lewis Carroll and the Film Adaptation of Tim Burton Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is the story of a girl named Alice that falls down a rabbit hole and finds herself in a fantasy world inhabited by many peculiar creatures. Ever since the book was published in 1865 there have been various adaptations made after it, the most recent being the Disney film Alice in Wonderland directed by Tim Burton (2010). The Disney film is based on the Lewis Carroll novel and its sequel Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice found there (1871). Both works are very similar and have been viewed as something unique and intriguing by fans and critics worldwide. In my own opinion; the book was often difficult to understand at time because the wording was quite different than the vocabulary that we use today. I found the film adaptation to be much easier to follow but enjoyed the novel just as well. Despite the extended time period of over a century between the film and novel both begin using almost the same plot. The novel is off to a quick start that immediately gauges the readers attention to what is happening to Alice as she falls down a very deep rabbit hole. The author goes into great detail to describe all of the different pieces of furniture and object that the main character passes on her long journey to Wonderland (Carroll 1). The film’s approach to the story is slightly different as it begins with Alice as a child explaining to her father the recurring dream she has of falling down a hole into mysterious place. The film then showcases what her family is like and how she relates to them as she attends a ball with her mother and sister. It is after Lord Hamish asks for Alice’s hand in marriage at this ball that she runs off after a white rabbit and then slips into a large rabbit hole while looking inside of it. Both
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