The Coming of Age Theme in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis C

Many have compared life to a journey over the course of which, one experiences many tumultuous changes and transitions. On this journey, the kind-hearted body continually undergoes a developmental pattern of physical, mental, and social modifications. Even in the realm of literature, fictional characters inevitably follow this fate. In literature, the stage among childhood innocence and adulthood transforms characters, this is frequently referred to as coming of age. Because all humans experience this transition, it establishes coming of age as a imperishable universal literary theme. Among such coming of age novels is Lewis Carrolls tale about a seven-year-old Victorian girl named Alice. In the novel, Alices Adventures in Wonderland, Alice go into the curious world of Wonderland. Alice assuages and manages inter-conflicts, such as her identity. Through the confusion, experimentation, and uncertainties of the Wonderland between childhood and adulthood Alice realizes in her uncon scious state that she is changing from simple child into a young woman. Although the novel is notorious for its satire and parodies, Alices Adventures in Wonderland main theme is the transition between childhood and adulthood. Moreover, Alices adventures illustrate the perplexing assay between child and adult mentalities as she explores the curious world of development know as Wonderland. From the beginning in the hall of doors, Alice stands at an awkward disposition. The hallway contains dozens of doors that are all locked. Alices pre-adolescent stage parallels with her position in the hallway. Alices position in the hallway represents that she is at a stage stuck between being a child and a young woman. She posses a small golden key to ... ... 2007. 70-93. Print. Carroll, Lewis. Alices Adventure in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. peeled York The modern Library, 2002. PrintConchita, Charly Carlyle Ph.D. Alices (& Lady Gagas) Sense of Self in Wonderland A Psychoanalytic Formulation. nymphobrainiac.wordpress. 5 March 2010. Web. May 2015. Pool, Daniel. What Jane Austin eat and Charles Dickens knew .New York Touch Stone. 1993. Print. Rooy, Lenny de. Lennys Alice in Wonderland site. Web. 1 May 2015. Vallone, Lynne. Notes. Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. By Lewis Carroll. New York The Modern Library Classics, 2002.245-252. Print.Walker, Stan. An overview of Alices Adventures in Wonderland. Literature Resource Center. Detroit Gale, 2010. Literature Resource Center. Web. 4 May 2015.