Alice's World 101

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol is one animated book. Finishing chapter 6, I've found that the main character, Alice, has been having inner self conflicts. Alice is a pre-teen, too childish to realize why these crazy series of events are happening to her, but not yet mature enough to stick to a plan to get out of all these crazy events. Her self conflicts affects this tale of personifications, puns and irony by her innocence. When she forgets about her mini plans to accomplish something, she gets side tracked by someone, or something, new which makes the story more complex and silly. One of the examples of her self frustration is when she can't become happy with one size she gets into. Through the chapters I have read, I realized that her shrinking and getting gigantic has been one major thing that keeps re-accruing. But towards chapters 5 and 6, she uses this new skill to her advantage. She eats the one side of a mushroom to shrink and the other side to grow. This is showing how she is becoming more wise as the story progresses.

Another inner self conflict is how she talks to herself. Alice talks to herself all throughout Wonderland. Sometimes, there is the little child's tone that is rambling off about her cat, Dinah. And other times, there's a voice of authority that makes Alice stronger. It's her mature side and her immature side. She has to deal with her own battles of getting off of task easily and unintentionally scaring all of the talking animals away from her before she can make it in Wonderland. But so far, I'm in love with this book. The characters are adorable and their personalities are one of a kind. I love a book with pictures, too.