Why is the psychoanalyst portrayed as the White Rabbit? The first time we see the White Rabbit is at the opening sequence, when David is on the ground drawing. As a child, he was in love with Alice and assumed it was thanks to her golden locks that she could escape into Wonderland. So he usually tied a yellow towel around his head to pretend he was Alice. (Small 56) Alice's story is all about escaping reality, which David's also tries to do due to his problematic family relationship. The White Rabbit is the one who Alice comes across and follows, which leads her to discover the Wonderland. While the psychoanalyst does not help David escape reality, he helps him come to terms with his life and by telling him the truth about his mother “Your …show more content…
(Small 315) The walls represent how little freedom he has had as a child due to his sickness and the restricted freedom of speech, as he wasn't able to go outside much. Him living alone, also shows how he truly felt at home, very lonely as communication was very scarce at home and everyone had to entertain themselves. As he is too afraid to go outside the house he explores the garden via a remote-control car. (Small 316) Due to an accident, the car plunges into the water and while contemplating if he should go outside to save it from drowning, he notices a tall building, which turns out to be the asylum his grandmother was admitted to. His mother is sweeping the floor, to make way for him to follow. (Small 324) The same path, his mother and grandmother followed, a path filled with destructive and abusive behavior, By saying “I didn't” (Small 325), it is somewhat of a liberation and finding his own way, as he does not want to end up the same way his mother did, dying alone in a loveless marriage and never being able to express herself due to hiding her homosexuality or his grandmother, dying alone locked up in an asylum. David wants to follow his own path, a healthier one, which he managed to do by leaving his family