The Mathematical Aspects of Lewis Carrolls Alice in...

The Mathematical Aspects of Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland The story Alice in Wonderland was written about a little girl named Alice who was a child of the dean of the Church of Christ. Alice Liddell was the one who convinced Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) to write down the verbal story originally known as Alices Adventure Underground.Actually, the book is known by several different names, Alices Hours in Elfand,Alices Adventures in Wonderland, and Alice in Wonderland.I found it interesting that the Mid-Continent Public Library once listed the book under Lewis Carroll and has recently changed it to Charles L. Dodgson. If one looks on the side of the book, Carroll was actually crossed off and Dodgson written over(Lewis†¦show more content†¦Carroll has referred to Alices knowledge on several different occasion in order to take the story beyond the typical fairytale(Carroll 1-4). At this point Alice has made her way down the hall to find a small door.Alice turns around to find a bottle with a notethat states drink me: It was very well to say DRINK ME but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry.No, Ill look first. she said, and see whether its marked POISON or not(Carroll 9-10).From this quote there are two issues to be discussed. First, is Alices ability to problem solve.Alice is aware of the dangers of foreign substances and by the use of logical reasoning decides to smell the drink first before consuming.This is another issue where Carroll demonstrates his intelligence through Alices knowledge(Carroll 9-10).The second isanalyzing an argument.In the contemporary math book we discussed the use of logical connectives.These logical connectives are negation, conjunction, disjunction, and conditional, which are used as followed not, and, or,and if, then situations.We can write a argument using symbolic form and construction of a simple truth tab le(Johnson/Mowry 18-32). p : You drink bottle. q : It is poison. Analyzing an argument by the use of a truth table. First : pqIf you drink the bottle,then it is not poison. (v) or second :qp If it is poison,then you dont drink the bottle. p qShow MoreRelatedAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass2525 Words   |  11 Pagesrestrictions can show us who were really are and how we perceive the world around us. Lewis Carroll uses these fantastical thoughts as a foundation for that of Wonderland, a bizarre and seemingly absurd world in which, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland and the sequel, Through the Looking Glass occur. These novels both depict the journey and adventure of a young girl named Alice. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice spots a White Rabbit while reading in a meadow. Due to her curiosity, she followsRead More Lewis Carrolls Through the Looking Glass Essay3377 Words   |  14 PagesLewis Carrolls Through the Looking Glass â€Å"If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic,† according to Tweedledee, a character in Lewis Carroll’s famous children’s work Through the Looking Glass (Complete Works 181). Of course, Lewis Carroll is most well known for that particular book, and maybe even more so for the first Alice book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The connection between Lewis Carroll and logic is lessRead MoreTaking a Look at Lewis Carroll1960 Words   |  8 PagesLewis Carroll was born on January 27, 1832, as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to a family of workers in the army and Church (and a whole family full of Charles’). His great-grandfather, also Charles Dodgson, had been a bishop. His grandfather, another Charles Dodgson, had been an army captain and ended up being killed in battle, leaving two children behind. The elder son, Charles, went to Westminster and then Oxford. This Charles married his cousin in 1827 and became a country parson. Out of this marriageRead More «Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland »7735 Words   |  31 PagesMINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV ENGLISH DEPARTMENT LEXICAL AND STYLISTIC DEVICES IN LEWIS CAROLL’S NOVEL  «ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND » COURSE PAPER PRESENTED BY