g the Victorians because with every new thing that Alice learns, they seem to cancel out her past lessons.
             Since Victorians were so concerned with learning more about themselves and the world around them, they came to be great inventors; they were the first to invent to create solutions to problems and better themselves. Alice realizes the fruitlessness of the White Knight's inventions upon discovering the mousetrap on his horse's back. In response to this, she remarks, " 'it isn't very likely there would be any mice on a horse's back' 'Not very likely, perhaps,' said the Knight; 'but if they do come, I don't choose to have them running all about' " (Through the Looking Glass ch. 8). Instead of making like simpler, the solutions to the Knight's problems create more problems. " 'I see you're admiring my little box,' the Knight said in a friendly tone. 'It's my own invention – to keep clothes and sandwiches in. You see I carry it upside-down, so that the rain ca'n't get in.' 'But the things can get out,' Alice gently remarked. 'Do you know the lid's open?' " (Through the Lo!
             oking Glass ch. 8). The title of the chapter, 'It's My Own Invention', suggests that Lewis Carroll is making a mockery of Victorian inventions. This also holds true because of the repetitive use of the word 'invention'. "The Knight's numerous plans and inventions may reflect Victorian England's 'new technical epoch' . . . that Carroll's passage mocks" (Ansay par. 4).
             Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? 'I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. 'I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think – ' (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the school-room, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was goo...