Character Analysis Of Paulette White's 'Alice'

The friends of the narrator, however, do not hide in the imaginary world of childhood and are maturing into adolescents. Sally, “ screamed if she got her stockings muddy,” felt they were too old to “ the games” (paragraph 9). Sally stayed by the curb and talked to the boys (paragraph 10).

As a wife she and her husband have gone from understanding and having easy communication between each other; to having problems with her husband understanding her and her communication with him slowly deteriorating. Alice was a mother who took care of her children and was involved with them understanding their work life and their private life. Alice changes as a mother throughout the movie she slowly progresses into the role of her children having to take care of her and her not being able to understand them or even recognize them. Alice was a teacher that when students picked her class they were excited and heard amazing reviews on her, but as her disease progresses, students find her lessons to be all over the place with most of the material being hard to understand. Alice was a scholar who loved talking in front of people and conducting research, but she eventually had to highlight every word she reads when giving a speech. The role most important to her is the role of a mother, because she gives up the little time she has to spend with her family. Alice no longer teachers or try to conduct research on last time she gives that up so that the little time she has, she can watch her daughter in a play or meet her two grandchildren. Ultimately Alice’s roles as a wife, teacher, mother, and scholar change drastically with her having

In “Beauty: When the Other Dance Is the Self”, Alice is forced to lie for her siblings in order to protect them and herself. Alice must lie to protect herself because her two brothers will hurt her because she told on them causing them to be in trouble. Next, I will discuss the quickly changing events that cause Alice to lose sight in one of her eyes. At the age of eight, Alice is a tomboy, where she oftenly hangs out with her brothers. The parents of Alice and her

Alice has now passed through her by trail by fire, and she feels like an adult from the way others treat her as an individual. She declares “I am somebody: but her real maturation is not from how others respond to her, but from wise reflections on what it means to survivors the troubled times of adolescence.

Issues concerning her size, identity, and her social exchanges with both Wonderland and its creatures spur and characterize Alice’s development towards becoming a young woman.

Anna is Alice’s oldest daughter; she’s a successful lawyer and is married to Charles, also a lawyer. Anna is strong and fiercely independent just like her mother. Anna deals with her mother’s disease by suggesting that if her mom “thinks for a second” then maybe she’ll be able to remember things (p. 173). Anna, however still makes time to care for her mom when her dad is away.

But, for the first time, her daughter stares into her eyes, and her response is astounding as well as startling, considering her age. She says, “Mommy, there's a world in your eye. Mommy, where did you get that world in your eye?", and for the first time since the beginning of the piece, we experience Alice’s confidence once again (6). She realizes her self-worth, and that it is not determined by her appearance, she says, “Yes indeed, I realized, looking into the mirror. There was a world in my eye” and although she went through a good portion of her life believing that she wasn’t beautiful, or sufficient, it was all worth it because it taught her to love herself even more now (6). To end the piece, she illustrates a dream she had: it’s her old self-doubting self and another her, confident and radiating, coming together. She is once again able to speak of herself in a positive way, she states that the latter self is “beautiful, whole, and free. And she is also [her]”, which, in a way, exhibits that same attitude she had as a two-year-old (6). Twenty-seven-year-old Alice completely contradicts twelve-year-old Alice, who would “abuse [her] eye” and who did “not pray for sight” but “for beauty” (4); she now speaks of herself

p. 82). Therefore, the adult narrator’s ability to comment and reflect on his child-self effectively emphasizes the naïve and vulnerable nature of youth, and contributes to the mood of foreboding and suspense throughout the novel, ‘now I was over confident. I expected things to go my way’ (Chapter 1. p. 28).

In the novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the main character, Alice, undergoes quite a change. During the time the novel was published, parts of the world were in the victorian era. The Queen at the time was Queen Victoria, in which the era was named after. During this era, knowledge, class and reason were greatly valued, and stressed. This time period ended in the year of Queen Victoria’s death. Throughout the novel, there are many ways that show how Alice begins to understand the world in adult terms, matures, and grows.

Also, the character of Alice has some interesting meaning to the story. The character of Alice may be modeled after the author Alice Munro because they have shared similar experiences between men. Apparently, the author had been through a divorce and many of the

Understanding there’s been a change in her body, Alice questions the probability that she might not be herself any longer. She believes she may have become someone else through the transformation, another typical child theory when growing up. If your appearance has changed, it may be likely that you’re not who you used to be, so of course, you must be someone else. This is also portrayed in the instance when she meets the Caterpillar. When asked, “Who are you?” by the Caterpillar, Alice honestly answers, “I hardly know”. The Caterpillar represents Alice as well, as it will also transform into something greater as it ages.

This passage is one of the most memorable passages in Alicebecause it so resembles the typical conversation that young girls often have with their dolls at imaginary tea parties. Imitating what their own mothers say to them over and over again – “Don’t speak unless you’re spoken to,” “Don’t shift in your seat while your elders are talking to you,” “You must be a proper young lady” – these young girls try to come to terms with all of the social restrictions that are placed upon them and to

A major influence on Alice's identity was when she was a young child and her grandmother would tell her stories about events that occurred in Cambodia. In Alice's teenage years, her beloved grandmother has a stroke, developed disabilities and eventually had passed away. It is around this time where serious psychological problems occur for Alice. This almost forces her into a mental state in which she knows she does not fit in with the Australian culture. She believed she had to do everything she could to change that otherwise Alice knew she would break down mentally. Alice was forced to attempt to fit the social standards of Australia.

However, Alice begins to realize the dynamics as the story progresses and new experiences emerge. I feel that Alice’s change in attitude is Carroll’s way of insinuating the ridiculousness or hypocrisy in the adult’s and society’s standard way of thinking. The first scene where the reader sees Alice take hold of her authority is when she becomes incredibly big at the White Rabbit’s House. I feel that this scene is very significant because it shows how the shift in Alice’s character is set up. In order for Alice to stand up against the Rabbit, she had to become bigger in size. I believe that this scene is a metaphor to how Carroll viewed the ridiculousness of how most adults viewed children, and was a way to show children reading the novel that one day they too will grow bigger in size and have the upper hand on the older adults. This scene also shows the fragility of the power dynamics. Carroll is insinuating that this idea that adults are more knowledgeable or superior because they are “bigger” than a child is nonsenses and can easily be altered. Once Alice realized she has the authority in herself, the entire dynamics of the story changes. Ren even states, “in spite of the awkward inconvenience, (Alice) enjoys her large body size, for it gives her power to fight back” (Ren 4). I believe that Alice begins to realize her own power and voice and in turn she discovers strength within herself. It’s through this new found power that Alice threatens them by saying, “you better not

Do you ever notice in stories, the female characters tend to be weak and sometimes have a mentor to guide them? Alice Adventures in Wonderland turned the tables on this type of character and made a strong, lively character Alice. Carroll disregarded the traditional plot lines and development of characters of his time by creating an empowered Alice, who overcomes the challenges in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Not only does Alice face different challenges through the story she also faces her pre-teen years of emotional and developmental stages. We can argue that Carroll disobeyed the normal childhood innocence by taking away Alice’s innocence because she had to go through Wonderland, facing different challenges that made her a strong