Literary theme

Authority

Adults, institutions, and games demand obedience without earning legitimacy.

3 characters1 books

Characters

Lives shaped by authority

A curious child trying to preserve a sense of logic and self in a world of arbitrary rules.

An amused guide who treats Wonderland’s madness as a condition rather than an exception.

A theatrical ruler who substitutes threat and volume for coherent authority.

Books

Classics

Lewis Carroll

4 available editions