Coming Of Age In Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, By Lewis Carroll
On the surface, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, appears to be a fantasy novel about an adolescent girl’s psychedelic dream. However, on a deeper level, the story symbolizes the process that every child goes through as he or she matures into adulthood. Alice’s journey through Wonderland, although it puts her life in danger at times, brings her a newly-discovered confidence and helps to solidify her identity into a more mature person and therefore escape from the fantasy dream-world; this progression illustrates one of the main themes of the book: the inevitable loss of innocence that every child goes through and the maturity that comes with this process of personal growth and coming of age.
Alice goes through physical changes …show more content…
In real life, all kids grow up, and no one can control his or her own size, but what we can control are our actions and behavior so that we make good choices. Based on information from the American Psychological Association, we can understand that Alice is going through changes in cognitive development that occur during adolescence:
“Changes in how adolescents think, reason, and understand can be even more dramatic than their obvious physical changes. From the concrete, black-and-white thinkers they appear to be one day, rather suddenly it seems, adolescents become able to think abstractly and in shades of gray. They are now able to analyze situations logically in terms of cause and effect and to entertain hypothetical situations and use symbols, such as in metaphors, imaginatively” …show more content…
Her experience in Wonderland is a learning experience, just like adolescence should be, to prepare her for adulthood. In the hall of doors, mysterious potions and cakes give her the ability to grow and shrink, but she always misses out on the size she needs to be. When she is at her smallest, she is swept away by the pool of tears and when she finally manages to grow, thanks to the edible pebbles in the White Rabbit’s house, she grows too much and gets
Alice goes through physical changes …show more content…
In real life, all kids grow up, and no one can control his or her own size, but what we can control are our actions and behavior so that we make good choices. Based on information from the American Psychological Association, we can understand that Alice is going through changes in cognitive development that occur during adolescence:
“Changes in how adolescents think, reason, and understand can be even more dramatic than their obvious physical changes. From the concrete, black-and-white thinkers they appear to be one day, rather suddenly it seems, adolescents become able to think abstractly and in shades of gray. They are now able to analyze situations logically in terms of cause and effect and to entertain hypothetical situations and use symbols, such as in metaphors, imaginatively” …show more content…
Her experience in Wonderland is a learning experience, just like adolescence should be, to prepare her for adulthood. In the hall of doors, mysterious potions and cakes give her the ability to grow and shrink, but she always misses out on the size she needs to be. When she is at her smallest, she is swept away by the pool of tears and when she finally manages to grow, thanks to the edible pebbles in the White Rabbit’s house, she grows too much and gets