Tough Alice

For example one character within the story that critics are unsure of his symbolism and origin is the Cheshire Cat. In the story the Cheshire Cat is a mysterious character. He appeared when he choose to and disappeared a moment later. He had an odd sense of a personality, but spoke to Alice using wise words and thoughts. “It is not 100% clear why Carroll named this character ‘Cheshire Cat’. “To grin like a Cheshire Cat” was a common phrase in Carroll’s day. Its origin is unknown, but it may have originated from a sign painter in Cheshire, who painted grinning lions on the sign-boards of inns in the area” (Analysis). Even though the Cheshire Cat seemed crazy or “mad” he did give Alice a dose of reality in Wonderland. He said things to her such as “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there” or “Every adventure requires a first step”. He had helped Alice realize that in order to find out who she is or where she must go she has to be brave and take the first step. The Chesire Cat relates to the idea of the child-adult conflict that Alice may be going through because he helps her understand that she has to move forward in order to find out where to go and if she is not sure what path to take in her life than she has endless possibilities. The Cheshire Cat was an important character that helped Alice come to her senses. Aside from the real life symbolism many of the characters possessed, Dodgson’s “Alice in Wonderland” series had a large impact on the music

At the mention of the name Alice, one tends to usually think of the children’s stories by Lewis Carroll. Namely, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are two classic works of children’s literature that for over a century have been read by children and adults alike. These two stories tell the tale of a young girl named Alice who finds herself in peculiar surroundings, where she encounters many different and unusual characters. Although Alice is at the centre of both stories, each tale is uniquely different in its purpose, characters and style.

Alice can be very childish, but throughout the story, she encounters many animals with human qualities that make her change her perspective of the world she lives in. The main obstacle in Alice's life is growing up. As she grows up, she looks at situations in a very distinctive way, such as the moment when alice meets the March Hare, The Mad Hatter, and the Dormouse. By the time the story is over, Alice is already a grown up because of all the experiences she confronted such as, the mad tea party, the encounter with the caterpillar smoking a hookah pipe, also Alice's encounter with the Red Queen during the croquet game and the trial.

Everyone in life needs to be tough, especially during hard times. In “Tough Alice” by Jane Yolen, Alice is very tough. The Jabberwock, an evil creature, will test how much toughness Alice has. In “Tough Alice” Yolen uses personification, similes, and imagery to show how tough Alice was.

With the help of the Red Queen, Absolem, and the White Queen, representing the id, ego, and superego, respectively, the psychoanalytic theory can be utilized to portray the various levels of the human psyche. The id shows humans instinctual drives that are present at birth, such as how the Red Queen found pleasure in taking people’s heads off. The caterpillar was able to use his wisdom and practicality to make judgements about Alice in Wonderland, which shows hour the ego operates. The superego was portrayed by the White Queen, who knew the difference between right and wrong in Wonderland. In the human mind, all three are present in either a conscious or an unconscious state. In the film, Alice knows that her imagination has taken over, which was not admired of children during the Victorian

When the Red and White Queen’s appeared in paragraphs 30-39, she was expecting for them to save her. Unfortunately, they didn’t do what Alice expected them to, but they had their reasons. The Queens knew that the only person that could possibly support her was herself. They might have not been directly obvious of their support, but in a way that wasn’t known to her, they stood behind her.

The Cheshire cat helped Alice with his remarks. That helped Alice because it teaches her the rules of Wonderland.

Alice scrutinizes the rules of the wonderland and discovers it as an adult world full of confusions and limited laws and nonsense. She acts as a commentator who refers to evident inadequacies of the native in wonderland. These characters don’t follow those conventions that she knows about the real world’s standards, yet the characters that dwell in the wonderland display the norms for a while and thereafter ridicule the same.

Within the first six paragraphs of the story Alice is already falling down a seemingly endless rabbit hole (Carroll, 13&14). This rabbit hole stands as the archetypal Threshold. The threshold stands as "a gateway to a new world the hero must enter to change and to grow" (crsivels.com, 1). Alice enters the rabbit hole because of her curiosity regarding the white rabbit. Though the detail that the rabbit can talk is not what interests Alice.

In the nonsensical world of Wonderland, Alice falls down an infinite tunnel into an outbreak of mad sense, as well as a flurry of boisterous royalty and mad company. In the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice is confronted with the preposterous logic of the most absurd characters. In the strange culture of Wonderland, adaptation is vital, which changes Alice from a meager girl to an outspoken character. As Alice wanders through the unpredictable world of Wonderland, she must cope with a new identity and prosper in a new environment where maturation is necessary for success; the demand for mental growth in difficult circumstances challenges Alice to progress into womanhood- transforming her from a frightened, young girl into a sensible, confident woman.

Alice was born into a well off family in Mississippi, in 1901. Her father was a jeweler and a pearl trader. Alice’s mother was a stay at home mum who tended to the affairs of the house and children. Alice was prone to having premonitions of the future since she was a child, though they weren't always correct. Even though she never showed off her power due to her being afraid of how people were treat her, Alice was still thought to be a witch by many people in her town. This was mainly due to her attempt to warn a friend about something bad that would happen to her soon, her friend didn’t listen and the unfortunate incident came to pass. Due to Alice growing up in a small town, rumors spread fast and it wasn’t long until Alice was feared.

Much of these three stories revolve around the famine for power and authority by either the characters themselves, or those surrounding them. In Alice in Wonderland, Alice looks for power to find logic in the nonsense world of Wonderland. At many points in the book, she wonders what her true identity really is: “Who in the world am I?” (18). Alice’s loss of identity even brings her to obey the White Rabbit’s orders when he thinks Alice is his maid: “Why Mary Ann, what are you doing out here? Run home this moment and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!” (31). Here, the little girl is so unsure of her identity that she believes she really could be the White Rabbit’s maid. Alice begins using food as a method to gain power, however,

The transformations that Alice experiences throughout Lewis Carroll’s, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, display the metaphorical change the protagonist goes through from the stage of childhood to adulthood and the continued struggle to understand her identity. These changes are experienced after Alice follows a white rabbit down his hole and into an incredible world known as Wonderland. This place, although completely fictitious, represents an alternate world to the main character that is unexplainable to herself and the real world. During her time in this world, she faces many adversities between changing sizes or being on trial that confuse her throughout the story. At the end, Alice learns

Many people are familiar with Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Even if they have not read it, they have probably heard it referenced at some point or seen the classic Disney take on it. The main premise is that a little girl, named Alice, sees a white rabbit, who continuously chatters about being late for an important event. She follows the rabbit, and winds up falling down its rabbit hole into a world called Wonderland. This fantasy world allows for a surplus of new adventures, all the while teaching Alice lessons about herself. Carroll follows this book with the sequel, “Through the Looking Glass.” Similar to his original story, Alice finds herself back in Wonderland on a new adventure. In the particular passage taken out for this

'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll seems a first a simple fairy tale, but in fact its meaning is a lot more profound. This novel criticizes the way children were brought up during the Victorian era. Carroll presents the readers with the complications these offspring must endure in order to develop their own personalities/egos, as they become adults. For Alice, Wonderland appears to be the perfect place to start this learning adventure. A way to understand her story is by compering it to the world as if being upside-down. Nothing in Wonderland seems to be they way it’s supposed to. The first lesson, Alice must learn in this peculiar journey through Wonderland is to achieve separation from the world around her and to stop identifying herself through others, in order to discover who she