Year 8 Religious Education
Identity-‘Alice in Wonderland’ Study
Early in the movie Alice asks: ‘Who is to say what is proper?’ What do you think and why?
She saying that people shouldn't tell you what's right and wrong. It's nice to dress appropriately but it's not against the law not to. It's her own opinion.
How important, in your opinion, are dreams?
Dreams are important because they could be a vision or a memory. Also none can take it away, you make the dream and there are no rules.
Alice thinks about ‘impossible things’ and is easily distracted. Are these positive or negative character traits? Explain.
They are positive traits because she has a creative mind and thinks about the unordinary, things people wouldn't necessarily think about. She has a big imagination. It's negative at times because she gets distractive for eg. In a test, if she could get distracted and not do anything.
How wise was it for Alice to follow the instructions to ‘drink me’ and ‘eat me’?
You wouldnt normally just eat or drink something that says eat me or drink me because you don't know what could be in it or what it would do to you.
Absalon asks Alice, ‘Who are you?’ How would you answer that question?
I would answer, I am Montana Leskiw, I live in nerang on the gold coast, I have 2 older brothers, Connor and Tyler, my parents names are Donna and Walter and my Pop Terry lives with us also.
Could your whole life be a dream? Why or why not?
Our whole life could be a dream. We could all be in a dream eg. Inception movie, I believe that we are living in a huge dream. :)
The cat says to Alice, ‘You’d better be on your way’. Does this imply that her path is mapped out in advance? What about you, could your path be predetermined? What do you think?
I don't anyones life can be mapped out, you make your own discussions in life and only you can change it.
When do you wish, like Alice, that you could wake up and it would all be over?
If something has gone wrong or bad in life, people wish things are dreams for these reasons.
The Mad Hatter says to Alice, ‘It’s all about you, you know’. Is your life just about you? Explain.
I don't think that my life is all about me, I like to think that I care for everyone who comes into my life.
The Hatter also says to Alice, ‘You’re not the same…you’ve lost your “muchness”’. What did the Hatter mean and could this apply to you too?
I think the Hatter is implying that Alice has changed from what her personality used to be when she last visited Wonder Land, but he changed his mind after a she had spent more time in Wonder Land.
Could the fact that Alice thinks that she isn’t the Alice they’re looking for suggest that she doesn’t want to accept responsibility? Explain.
I think that she doesn't believe that she is the real Alice because she is a modest person because they are saying sll these wonderful things about her and I also think that she isn't wanting to accept the responsibility of killing something as well
How does the Hatter act in a Christ like manner?
He acts in a Christ like matter by sacrificing himself for Alice's life.
Alice says: ‘I won’t be told what I must do and be…I’ll decide…I make the path’. How does this attitude fail to comply with a Christian approach to life?
When Alice says this it isn't a very Christian approach because most Christians follows how Jesus lives and believes.
Alice’s requirement to slay the ‘jaberwocky’ is described as a day of destiny? What days of destiny do you have?
A day of destiny for me is getting married or having my year 12 formal. This would be a special day to me.
In relation to the slaying, Alice is told that ‘the choice must be yours’. What choices do you have? How is choice integral to the human condition from a Christian perspective?
Choice is a part of the human life. Like you can chose what career path you follow and who you want to spend your time with. I think choice was a strong message going forth in this film, how Alice had to choose who to trust, what to do, and how to believe it.
Absalon says to Alice: ‘God help you if you don’t really know who you are’. How did Alice find out? How do we find out who we really are?
She found out through her experiences in Wonderland by different people like Absalon asking her who she is.
The movie, like many, depicts good and evil. Why do ‘the good guys’ win? Do the ‘good guys’ always win in this life? What about in eternity?
The good guys always win in movies I think to show that the good is right and there is good out there. And I also think its to show hope for people out there that the good will triumph evil in real life. I don't think the good guys win forever. The good guys may win one day but there is always evil in the world.
The white queen says that ‘it is against her vows to harm any living creature’; however, she also says that ‘no-one is ever to show you any kindness’, in relation to punishing the red queen. How consistent with Christian beliefs and values are these two statements?
I think people deserve what they get. The Red Queen did some very terrible things to the people of Wonder Land and I think she deserves what she gets. The White Queen could have just as easily killed the Red Queen for the things she did, but she didn't.
Towards the end of the movie, Alice says to her mother: ‘Don’t worry…I’ll find something useful to do with my life’. How will you find something useful to do with your life?
I think she will find something useful with her life with the experiences that she has had in WonderLand. I think going to WonderLand has taught her a lot of valuable life lessons. And she is going to work on what her father was trying to accomplish.
What are your overall thoughts about the movie? Explain.
The first time I saw Alice in WonderLand, I didn't really like it. But now I have seen all the values that are connected to it, I think I see more to the movie and lets me appreciate it more. I think that the reason Alice went to Wonderland is because her father did. He was one of those quirky people like from WonderLand and he seems to say that people are better when the are bonkers.
