What was confusing in Alice in Wonderland?

Answer 1

In the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice finds her frequent size changes confusing.

....being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.'

Some of the things the inhabitants of Wonderland say to her is also confusing.

`But they were IN the well,' Alice said to the Dormouse, not choosing to notice this last remark.

`Of course they were', said the Dormouse; `--well in.'

This answer so confused poor Alice, that she let the Dormouse go on for some time without interrupting it.

`They were learning to draw,' the Dormouse went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; `and they drew all manner of things--everything that begins with an M.... such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness-- you know you say things are "much of a muchness"--did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?'

`Really, now you ask me,' said Alice, very much confused, `I don't think--'

`Then you shouldn't talk,' said the Hatter.

And she is confused by the game of croquet.

....you've no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive; for instance, there's the arch I've got to go through next walking about at the other end of the ground--and I should have croqueted the Queen's hedgehog just now, only it ran away when it saw mine coming!'

Readers of the book might find it confusing as the language is quite difficult and the place and the people there are hard to understand.

Answer 2

Some readers may find the nonsensical and illogical events, characters, and language in "Alice in Wonderland" confusing. Additionally, the constant shifts in perspective and the blurred lines between reality and fantasy can also contribute to the confusion for some readers.