One thing is clear, her inspiration. Alice Pleasance Liddell. She was the daughter of a friend of his, and he found Alice much easier to talk to than any adult he had ever met. He described Alice as a dreamer and a child who knew how to make the most of life. Although Alice was his main inspiration, Charles got along better with children in general. It was obvious that he had an undeniable love and sympathy for every child who crossed his path. As a mathematician and writer, all of his works were somewhat out of the ordinary. "Her two Alice books remain popular with adults and children, and they have been interpreted by critics as guidebooks to a Victorian childhood, as well as sophisticated treatises on philosophy, logic, and mathematics." (Stanley 19) Using both his imagination and intelligence, Carroll was able to create multiple writings containing such complex and imaginative context. The question then is whether or not there is an alternative meaning to Wonderland, or whether the Alice novels are simply configured from Carroll's complex imagination. Like many readers of Alice in Wonderland, John C. Butcher was also intrigued by Carroll's writings and wondered about his social relationships.