Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · Character
the boy in Jabberwocky
- Minor
- First seen · Book 2 · Ch. 1
There is a bright, buoyant confidence about this boy, as though danger itself were only another riddle waiting to be solved. He belongs to the exhilarating world of old verse, where a bold heart and a strange blade can make a legend.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- young
- First appears
- Book 2 · Ch. 1
- Books
- 1
The boy in “Jabberwocky” is introduced through the poem Alice reads: a beamish son sent into a perilous world to face the fearsome Jabberwock. With his vorpal sword, he overcomes the monster and returns in triumph to his father’s joy. Though he exists within a poem rather than the central narrative, his adventure gives the book one of its most memorable miniature heroic tales.
Description
The boy is youthful, with an open, spirited face and an alert, determined gaze. His build and coloring are not specified, leaving his appearance suggested chiefly by his lively bearing and the poem’s bright word, “beamish.” He wears simple journeying clothes suited to a fantastical woodland setting and carries a vorpal sword, the clearest mark of his legendary role. His presence is energetic and fearless, like a figure stepping directly out of a ballad.
Story so far
BOOK 2Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
Appearances
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