Alice In Wonderland Topic 3: Compare The Caterpillar Scene In The Book With Its

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Term Paper Title	Alice In Wonderland Topic 3: Compare The Caterpillar Scene In The Book With Its
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Alice in Wonderland Topic 3: Compare the caterpillar scene in the book with its representation in one of the films (Disney).


Throughout the myriad of dramatic adaptations of Lewis Carroll’s novella Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1872), the caterpillar, and his place in the story, has become one of the most recognizable and frequently imitated aspects of the tale.  Walt Disney brought its version of Carroll’s story to the silver screen in 1951 in its animated film Alice in Wonderland.  With its expertise in animation Disney was able to take Carroll’s narrative to the level of the fantastic that the author had envisioned when composing Alice.  Within the confines of the scene between Alice and the Caterpillar, Disney did much to keep close to the text and images of the interaction inside the book.  Although the outline of the caterpillar scene is in line with Carroll’s work, Disney did make some alterations for two main reasons.  The first motive is that these changes enabled them to create some witticisms on the flexibility of the English language.  The second reason for the changes is that Disney feels a need to explain the Caterpillar’s reasoning for the offers of advice even though he is extremely cynical and rude to Alice throughout the majority of the interaction.
In comparing the Disney film to Carroll’s story, one must start with the striking similarities between the two.  First, the illustration of Alice’s meeting with the Caterpillar that is situated at the beginning of Chapter 5, “Advice from a Caterpillar,” appears to be the model for Disney’s animators in creating the film version of the scene.  The Caterpillar’s shape and size is almost identical along with the mushroom on which he perches and the long hookah from which he smokes.  Disney even takes Carroll’s description of the Caterpillar’s voice to heart, “the Caterpillar…addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice” (27).  Disney’s Caterpillar not only speaks in a “languid, sleepy voice,” but it also displays a set of heavy eyes.
Lewis Carroll, a mathematician, was of the belief that language was nonsensical and was something simply to be played with.   Throughout Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland the author plays games with words and their meanings through poems and exchanges between characters.  Disney creates one of these games with the English language by using the Caterpillar’s exhaled smoke.  For starters, Alice is led to the Caterpillar by the sound of the Caterpillar singing “A-E-I-...

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