Alice In Wonderland

When one is accustomed to the ideas within the dominant fantasy they live within, it is rather difficult to see things in a different point of view. The most effective way to change one 's perspective of the dominant fantasy is to have them not only think outside the box but being able to experience ideas that oppose the customary ideas first-handedly. Looking at Carroll 's "Alice in Wonderland" and Cohn 's "Sex and Death and the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals", the characters within these stories experience a reconstruction of their beliefs of the dominant fantasy through metamorphosis. In contrary to the dominant fantasy they are indoctrinated in, an alternative fantasy consists of new and unusual ideas which question and challenge the characters ' set of beliefs of the boundaries they live within. The alternative fantasy within a secondary world simultaneously consists of ideas from the dominant fantasy of reality. In order to proceed through the
As soon as characters reach the point where they establish the connection of the illogical ideas of the alternative fantasy apart from their dominant fantasy, metamorphosis has completely transitioned. In Alice 's adventure, at one point she finds herself debating against the queen of hearts whom governs the rules of Wonderland. Alice recognizes the absurd ideas pronounced by the queen of hearts when she argues, "Stuff and nonsense! The idea of having the sentence first!" (Carroll, 108). The significance of this quote shows that Alice has finally established the connection of her dominant fantasy 's methods of the justice system by objecting with the queen 's flawed idea of giving the sentence first, followed by the verdict. Additionally at this point, Alice has regained her full size which is a reference towards being able to connect with reasonable ideas according to her dominant fantasy of understanding of the justice