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Who Is Alice As A Round Character
Alice faces many obstacles throughout her time in Wonderland. Most of them are because of the transition from childhood to becoming a young adult. Alice clearly represents the struggle children have when entering the world of adults. Also, Alice is trying to survive and understand who she is now because she doesn’t know who she is anymore. Like the Cheshire cat said: “Everyone in wonderland is mad, including you”. He meant that all adults are mad for children and Alice doesn’t believes that and she feels confused and out of place.
Alice is an intelligent child because she begins to think twice when she understands the situation she is in. Alice has a difficult time growing up in wonderland. Readers can identify Alice as a round character because

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