Ingenuity. The quality of being cleverly inventive or enterprising. Intelligence or the ability to conceive or design. All authors have their own perceptions and imaginations that are reflected in their writings. Lewis Carroll demonstrates a logical, yet seemingly foolish and childish point of view on the world of the 1800s through his novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In the course of this somewhat confusing story, Alice Liddell, a sensitive seven-year-old girl, travels through a fantastic dream world she knows as Wonderland. During her journey, Alice encounters a series of rather irritating characters; namely: the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the White Rabbit, the Mock Turtle, the Duchess, the King and Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat and the Caterpillar. These strange people seem to do everything they can to confuse Alice, but in reality they only provide useless, but sensible, trains of thought. After being quite overwhelmed by all the advice she was given, Alice is awakened from this bizarre dream by her older sister, who tells her it's time to go home. Throughout Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, using parody, satire, and symbolism, Lewis Carroll explicitly compares Alice's dream world to her world existing in the 1800s. The events parodied in Wonderland, such as the trial of the Knave of Hearts , lead the way back to the time Carroll lived; that is, 1800. In the trial of the Knave of Hearts, the Knave of Hearts is accused by the Queen of Hearts of stealing the Queen's tarts. Throughout this unfair and rather ridiculous trial, the court's various actions are exaggerated for comedic effect. For example, when the guards need to take control of a certain jubilant guinea... middle of paper... all wrapped up in seemingly nonsensical logic. Lewis Carroll, applying parodies, satirical events, and symbols, consistently parallels Wonderland with its 1800s era throughout Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Young Alice Liddell's journey through this beautiful dreamland produces a new sense of logic, morals of life, and new views on the 1800s, as well as the current era. The somewhat absurd but logical statements that make up Carroll's novel are naive in nature, but are nevertheless capable of confusing the reader. The peculiar characters of the story are sent to convey some moral principles that Lewis Carroll believed should be shared with the generation younger than him, and which otherwise would not have been included. Carroll's staunchly logical writings, however confusing, have many layers and should be examined as such they require.