A Mad Tea Party

Before analyzing the story, my overall opinion was that Lewis Carroll was on drugs when he wrote “A Mad Tea Party.” I honestly thought it was nonsensical ramblings from a medicinally altered mind.

However, I now know that, while written in a very whimsical way, Carroll is ultimately discussing politics in this story. His way of conveying a message is different, but people with autism interpret and relay information in a different fashion.

The mad hatter, march hare and door mouse represent the scandals involved in political parties. And Alice is the outsider, she is the independent party in a political race. I thought this was a children’s story but the animals represent very adult themes.

The march hare is sex scandals, the mad hatter is mental instability and the door mouse if alcohol and drug use. And poor Alice, the only one not welcome at the table, is only guilty of being an outsider.