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Alice in Wonderland The inventive world of Wonderland and Alice’s journey in to her own imagination is more then merely a children’s story. Looking deep at the symbols and structure of the story one can see that it becomes more complex and abstract as Alice gets deeper and deeper in her journey in Wonderland. Lewis Carol wrote the book in 1876 and Disney produced its own animated version of Alice in Wonderland no more …

…where the film deals more with Alice’s quest to return home and adventure into the paranormal world of her own imagination. Both of those issues when combined are what Alice and Wonderland is meant to be all about. Because the novel deals more with abstract ideas, it would appeal more to an older audience although many younger readers can still enjoy it, whereas the film dealing with adventure appeals mainly to a younger audience.