Finding Identity In Alice's Adventures In Wonderland By Lewis Carroll

“Who in the world am I?” Ah, that’s the great puzzle.” —Alice (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland). I think that Lewis Carroll wrote Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland with a secondary theme and not just for entertainment. Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland is about seven-year-old Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole into Wonderland and meets numerous curious characters of all kinds. Everything in Wonderland is strange, and different than the real world. The individuals that Alice meets are strange and it is very amusing to follow this young girl as she navigates though this fantasy world. However, while the book as a whole is entertaining, that is not all there is to this story. I think that this story could be viewed as an analogy about finding your

Alice is forced to find out who she is in a place where everyone is a distinct individual, which for Alice, is worse than in a place like the real world where there is a heavy pressure to fit in. From the moment Alice first arrives in Wonderland, she is constantly experiencing dramatic physical changes that shock her, from shrinking down to a foot tall, to shooting up far above the trees. After such extensive differences in her appearances have taken place, Alice is frazzled when a Pigeon asks what her true identity is after mistaking her for a serpent. At first she struggles with this but then realizes that at her core, she is still a little girl, regardless of her appearance. She had completely lost herself when her appearance changed. The overblown physical contrasts symbolize the changes that everyone experiences during their lives, especially during adolescence. Though you are still essentially a child, so many things change in your life that your whole world is rocked. There is a greater responsibility placed on you because of your age, and you are expected to act more maturely. But sometimes, the changes are so significant that you feel like