ing poems and short stories for another paper called, "The Train". In writing these humorous pieces he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll. His first big break at fame was the novel Alice in Wonderland in 1865, which turned out to be a huge success, this popular left readers craving more of Carroll's masterpieces. The readers were not ready for what was in store for the little girl Alice. Then finally seven years later in 1872 Dodgson came out with a follow up to the previous success Alice in Wonderland called Through the Looking Glass. This made Lewis Carroll even more popular, and inspired many more authors to write children's stories.
             Charles Dodgson had many awards and accomplishments. In 1861 Dodgson was ordained Deacon at Christ Church and became the mathematics lecture. He then resigned after twenty-one years of service because he was tired. Soon after, he became Curator of Senior Common Room at Christ Church. In
             1892, after many successful publications he retired at the age of sixty. Six years later, at the age of sixty-five, he died. Just loosing the battle with influenza. He missed his sixty-sixth birthday by only thirteen days. He was quoted saying "Life what is it but a dream?" (Discover,1) and I think that is what he was trying to distinguish when he wrote Alice in Wonderland.
             Lewis Carroll's masterpiece Alice in Wonderland is a story of whimsy and fantasy. It can be called a masterpiece, because up until Alice in Wonderland there had never been a children's novel like it. Lewis Carroll also known as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to wrote it for Alice and her sisters, a family friend. Alice in Wonderland can be described as fanciful, whimsical and magical. It was a great departure for Dodgson actual career as a mathematics professor.
             The story begins with a young girl, Alice, falling down a hole. At the bottom of the hole she finds a room with many doors and a table made o...