Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · Character
Bill
Also known as Bill the Lizard, the Lizard, the little Lizard
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 3
Bill has the modest, harried air of someone perpetually handed an impossible task. Small and unmistakably lizard-like, he is easy to picture with one finger at work and his tail betraying whatever dignity he is trying to keep.
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 3
- Books
- 1
Bill the Lizard is a small, hapless figure caught up in the White Rabbit’s household and Alice’s sudden changes of size. Sent into danger and repeatedly buffeted by circumstances, he later appears among the jurors, laboring to write with one finger when he loses his pencil. His long tail and awkward efforts give him a memorable comic presence amid Wonderland’s chaos.
Description
Bill is a small lizard with a reptilian form and a long, expressive tail. The text offers no precise coloring, eye color, or facial markings. He is shown writing with one finger when he has no pencil, and his awkward, industrious manner makes him seem perpetually out of his depth. No consistent clothing details are specified. Bill is a small lizard with a compact body, four limbs, and a long, waving tail; no specific color or markings are supplied. His most distinctive visible detail is ink trickling down his face. He is often presented in an awkward, unsettled posture, giving his small reptilian form a noticeably flustered presence.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Aliceconflicting source relationships
Bill is sent down the Rabbit’s chimney into the room where Alice is trapped. Alice kicks him back out, injuring and frightening him, and later escapes past the crowd gathered around him.
White Rabbitsubordinate
Bill the Lizard works for the White Rabbit, being sent down the chimney to evict Alice from the house
Story so far
BOOK 1Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Gallery
Book 1: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Appearances
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