rians 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
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