Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Chapters 5 & 6)

     The first time I read this book I did not believe it was a dream. I believed the girl Alice was just very imaginative, but was very silly to create such strange things. I could not relate myself with her at all. I never thought anything in the story had a specific meaning. When I began to read this book again, I realized how I never looked deeper into the story than besides the words on the page. I have come to see Alice as another little girl with fears and dreams. I believe her dream is really her subconscious showing her what she fears the most, but because she is so young she cannot even understand it herself. She dreams of herself changing sizes so much because she is afraid of herself changing. She is afraid that the older she gets the more she will change into a different person. She is afraid of change just like every other little kid. When Alice speaks to the caterpillar, he asks her who she is. She is very puzzled because she really does not know. She does not realize that growing up gives her the chance to learn who she is. She is too afraid of what she will leave behind. When she meets the baby and sees it turn into a pig she really is thinking about herself and wondering how much she can change. Once Alice talks to the Cheshire Cat they discuss on where she wants to go. Again she says she does not know because in life she does not know which path she wants to take.
     These two chapters have tought me that we are all a little "mad" because of how much we change. We have all had ideas that we now look back on and wonder why we thought this way. Sometimes we evene think we were a little crazy. But no matter how much time passes, we never stop growing. We all follow different paths so we all see things differently. Sometimes we are still afraid of what we will become, but we must always move forward. I have found that I am not so different than Alice as I thought.