In the exposition of this very imaginitive tale by Lewis Carroll a young girl named Alice is introduced as having an ongoing curiousity about things that are out of the ordinary. In the beginning of the book Alice is minding her own business when a white rabbit with pink eyes runs by her. Alice didn't think anything of it when the rabbit spoke but was later startled when the rabbit reached into his waist coat pocket and took out a watch. This facinates Alice and a wild cat and mouse chase begins where Alice is trying to make sense of this strange rabbit and find where it dwells. Not really paying attention to where she is going she follows the rabbit into a hole, and falls down a well. Of course this is no ordinary well, and upon the sides of the well are cupboards, bookshelves, maps and pictures. Alice is perplexed at this but enjoys the thrill and continues on her journey to find the mysterious rabbit.
The rising action flows easily from the exposition becaue Alice's troubles begin on the first page. Usualy, an obstacle or trial that the character faces is the instigating point of the story. After Alice falls down the rabbit hole, she enters into a world called Wonderland. In this very strange place, she comes across potions, talking animals, and other oddities that grow more bizarre. After falling into a white room, and growing and shrinking a few times, Alice finds herself in an "ocean" of tears. She quickly swims out of that to enter into a pow-wow with a random assortment of animals who end up angry at her. The rabbit takes her on her next adventure, and after some growing, shrinking and exploring, she makes her way to the Queen's tea party. All of the trials and strange things she encounters in the story seem to flow and mold into one another, much like a dream happens.
We percieved the climax of this book to happen when she finally gets the oportunity to grow to the right size to enter into the beautiful garden. The only consistent goal throughout the story was the desire to follow the rabbit, and her desire to get into the garden. After she's there, she finds herself in the middle of a croquet match with the Queen of Hearts and other various animals. Alice is very afraid of getting on the Queen's bad side, since everyone who ended up there wouldn't have a head at the end of the day. The climax culminates in a mock trial that Alice must observe.
The denouement happens after Alice grows to a very large size and doesn't feel threatened by the King and Queen of Hearts anymore. She slowly begins to speak more and more of her mind, until she has insulted everyone's foolish way of doing things, and turns the trial around. She is soon attacked by a deck of cards, and finds herself waking up on her sister's lap on that same warm summer day at the beginning of the story. She tells her sister of her travels and adventures and skips off inside. The book ends in a reflective tone about the innocence of childhood, and the peace on a "happy summer day".
Alice in Wonderland is a book thats very open to interpretation. One of the main themes in it is the simplicity of childhood and the glories of an imagination. Again and again Alice speaks about her life in such a way that shows the reader she doesn't have a very comlicated life. She's a very innocent child, who loves her cat, and having fun. Alice's personality and way of thinking are reminescent of good childhood memories gone by, and serve to remind us of ours. Her imagination provides the means for the plot of the story, and through the different adventures written about, the author praises the imagination. Even the way the book was written was creative on the writers part, with the idea and the way the chapters and sentence structure was set up. All in all, Alice in Wonderland has something for everyone, and can be interesting at any age.