Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Paper In Victorian England the drug Opium was commonly used. This drug did not have the connotation that drugs have today; studies show that five out of every six families used Opium regularly (Connell). Lewis Carroll uses actions of characters and situations to portray the positive effects of Opium and other drugs on a person. Characters like the caterpillar and especially Alice seem to be under the influence of some …showed first 75 words of 1266 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1266 total…through something harsh when the can escape it and sleep it away. In conclusion, Lewis Carroll uses the actions of characters and situations in order to portray the positive effects of drug use on an individual. He focuses on using Alice (protagonist) to experience different drugs that alter certain things without showing her as becoming paranoid or etc. Opium use was common and Lewis Carroll just wanted to explain the numerous benefits of using it.