One of the themes of the book is the

Here your are to perform your literature analyses of Alice's Adventures... 

You should give information about the author, a short summary, speak about the author's language, the hidden meaning and the ways of presenting it to readers, explain your own vision of the story. 

уменьшаться

загадка

быть схожим с чем-то

замечать, делать замечания

Carroll wrote and lived in

The Alice books sometimes poke fun at

эксцентричный

указывать на что-то