Comparing Frank Baum’s Dorothy Gale of the Oz series and Lewis Carroll’

examine dog Baums Dorothy Gale of the Oz series and Lewis Carrolls Alice of Alice in WonderlandLewis Carrolls Alice and Frank Baums Dorothy are two of the most well-known and well-loved heroines of tout ensemble time. At first glance, both Alice and Dorothy appear to be rather accurate renditions of material little misss who embark on their own adventures in strange and wonderful lands. However, closer scrutiny reveals that only one of these characters is a true personation of what a little girl is really like, while the other is solely a fulfillment of what most girls would only dream of being like. resembling many schoolboyish girls across the world, both today and in centuries past, it seems that Alice was taught the etiquette that all proper puppylike ladies should follow. Throughout the novel, we see Alice in conflict with indisputable societal rules there are several occasions when she is frustrated with what others verbalise and do to her. But only those priv y to her innermost thoughts (i.e., the readers) are open of seeing her true feelings on any matter, for she remains, with the exception of an episode at the end of the text, extremely courteous to all those she meets. One of the passages that clearly describes this world-wide acquiescence is when Alice sees the Duchess after meeting the King and Queen on the croquet-ground Tut, tut, sister said the Duchess. Every things got a moral, if only you rear find it. And she squeezed herself up closer to Alices side as she spoke.Alice did not much like her keeping so close to her first, because the Duchess was very un personable and secondly, because she was exactly the right height to rest her chin on Alices shoulder, and it was an uncomfortably sharp chin. However, she did not like to b... ...relate to a childs need for escape from the educational system, even if only through a book.) While both Alice and Dorothy are meant to be portraits of typical young girls, I believe that t hey represent two different facets of a young girls nature. Carrolls Alice undoubtedly portrays the true image of what real young girls are like, possessing some qualities that may not be considered extremely attractive but are nevertheless present in the lives of young women. On the other hand, Baums Dorothy is more fantastic, a heroine who encompasses all the qualities that any young girl would like to have but cannot always attain. Together, then, the two characters serve up everything that a young girl is the influences and restrictions that society places on her, the hard thoughts that she has when speaking to others, the dreams that she wishes to aspire to.