The Influence Of Identity In Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, By Lewis Carroll

Both Alice, from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and Jason Brody, from Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3, experience a form of mental shift during their adventures. The obstacles they face and the environment in which they are surrounded by have an effect on their identities and their perception of themselves. Their journeys are reflections of each other, as they experience similar events, characters, come across comparable events, and embark on their journey of the self. Everything about “wonderland” shapes them and has an influence on them. The protagonists are surrounded by illusions that challenge their perspective, which causes the loss of innocence, prompts self-discovery and the reveals the inner self.

When Alice meets Tweedledee and Tweedledum on her way to become queen, they tell her a story about a walrus and a carpenter to which she reacts: “`I like the Walrus best,’ said Alice: `because you see he was a little sorry for the poor oysters.’ `He ate more than the Carpenter, though,’ said Tweedledee” (Carroll, 164). The oysters act as symbols for several things including: virtue, innocence, and pearls of wisdom. [CITE THIS] In the beginning Jason is taken to the Rakyat by a man named Dennis where he first met the leader, Citra. Jason is guided by Citra’s words as he carries out her whims. She offers him a chance to do more than just save his friends and manipulates his ego to get him to succumb to the “warrior” mentality the Rakyat praise. With her words she changes the way Jason thinks of his situation on the island: “‘what is it you desire? ...To save me friends…Are you sure? …I want to kill Vaas and Hoyt” (Ubisoft, 2012). Jason swallows her advice without considering the consequences. Her guidance leads Jason down a dark path where his obsession over Vaas and Hoyt cloud his judgement. In her story, Alice comes across the Cheshire Cat. She is lost and is asking for directions to which the cat responds: “in that direction…lives a Hatter: and in that direction…lives a March Hare. Visit either you like:

With every square closer to the end, they learned about themselves and the kind of people they had become. Their stories are two that are universal in their morals: there is no avoiding growing