Getting older is one of the most confusing times in a child’s life. Alice, from Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass, learns all about the difficulty of transitioning from child to adult. From Alice’s changing sizes to the games Carroll uses, maturity seems to be a reoccurring theme. Lewis Carroll’s novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass, explores the idea of coming of age. Alice’s constantly changing sizes represents the confusion of growing up. All throughout Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice’s curiosity gets the better of her. She drinks from bottles and eats cakes leading her to grow larger and smaller. Similarly, Alice, who is seven and a