Alice in Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is about a girl changing her outlook on society and adapting to it. Alice changes sizes a lot in the beginning but the sizes are uncomfortable for her; she is too big or too small and attempts to discover the conventional size. Alice, in the beginning, cries due to her size being too tall or too short; later on, however, she uses the size to her benefit and is audacious enough to talk back to the queen. Alice changes so much so that one would not be able to guess that she is the same nice and innocent little girl that readers once saw in the beginning. Whenever Alice changes size physically, it represents her ability to adapt to Wonderland and most importantly to the people; for example, when she is small, she is nice and innocent, but when she grows, she turns into a rude girl(Pattern 13 and 1A). …show more content…
Alice in the beginning “sat down and cried” because the table she is trying to climb is too “slippery”(6). Alice cries over little things like not being able to the key on the table which is taller than her but later on, she is able to ignore that fact and do as she wants and say as she wants. She talks back and becomes a rude little thing when talking to others .Alice is able to talk back to people without hesitance. Alice as readers knew in the beginning would cry but now she talks back to the Mad Hatter. Carrol states, “‘Your hair wants cutting,” said the Hatter. He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was his first speech. 'You should learn not to make personal remarks,' Alice said with some severity; 'it's very rude.”’(53). Alice in the beginning would often cry because she was too tall or too short, but now she is able to talk back to the people while her size her