Walrus And The Carpenter Analysis

The intriguing poems and novels of Lewis Carroll creates a daydream like and fantasy mood, which allows the readers to keep an open mind and have a free interpretation of his stories.
The Victorian Era, ideology, and politics greatly influences his work of literature, helping him develop content that amuses children, while adults are mesmerized by the clever lines that contain symbolic social commentary. He is known as a nonsensical writer, who breaks away from their traditions and becomes embedded deeply in modern culture, which helps him produce moralistic children’s books that have a didactic tale regarding the rights and wrongs of life. Carroll supports that concept of children’s literature being imaginative rather than comprehensive, …show more content…
The carpenter is an image encouraged by politicians that were trying to convince the oysters that they were trying to improve their society, but what they wanted to do was to eat them. This shows how Carroll is trying to share a message about the politicians during the era he was living in. Throughout the novel, the main character encounters strange events and faces dangers such as the giant mushrooms, shrinking rooms, and the environment itself. He interprets the books are a fantasy dreamland where anything can happen. At the end of the book, he reveals that Alice’s journey was merely but a dream, showing the audience that the girl is like everyone else. He sends a message to the audience that everyone has imagination and can some up with ideas so far out of range than others usually tend to think …show more content…
He targets a younger audience, in order to influence them and help them develop a unique way of thinking, make them more creative, and prepare them for the literature skills in the future. He combines both of his nonsensical way of writing and imagination to show that anyone can think of senseless scenarios as long as they let their minds wander into a world of creativity. The Victorian Era is seen as a time of great expansion of power and wealth, and he was able to portray these events he experienced into his poetries, conveying a message to the audience about hardships that people have to go through. His writing style was strange and overwhelmingly impressive, breaking away from the contemporary traditions, influencing many young minds that will always be captivated by his imagination, and for setting a new trend for children’s