What Makes Alice And Mowgli's Quest For Identity?

Mowgli is an abandoned child, in the jungle, essentially raised by animals and simultaneously threatened/pursued by other animals.

For example one character within the story that critics are unsure of his symbolism and origin is the Cheshire Cat. In the story the Cheshire Cat is a mysterious character. He appeared when he choose to and disappeared a moment later. He had an odd sense of a personality, but spoke to Alice using wise words and thoughts. “It is not 100% clear why Carroll named this character ‘Cheshire Cat’. “To grin like a Cheshire Cat” was a common phrase in Carroll’s day. Its origin is unknown, but it may have originated from a sign painter in Cheshire, who painted grinning lions on the sign-boards of inns in the area” (Analysis). Even though the Cheshire Cat seemed crazy or “mad” he did give Alice a dose of reality in Wonderland. He said things to her such as “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there” or “Every adventure requires a first step”. He had helped Alice realize that in order to find out who she is or where she must go she has to be brave and take the first step. The Chesire Cat relates to the idea of the child-adult conflict that Alice may be going through because he helps her understand that she has to move forward in order to find out where to go and if she is not sure what path to take in her life than she has endless possibilities. The Cheshire Cat was an important character that helped Alice come to her senses. Aside from the real life symbolism many of the characters possessed, Dodgson’s “Alice in Wonderland” series had a large impact on the music

At the mention of the name Alice, one tends to usually think of the children’s stories by Lewis Carroll. Namely, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are two classic works of children’s literature that for over a century have been read by children and adults alike. These two stories tell the tale of a young girl named Alice who finds herself in peculiar surroundings, where she encounters many different and unusual characters. Although Alice is at the centre of both stories, each tale is uniquely different in its purpose, characters and style.

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.

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a story of a young girl’s journey down the rabbit hole into a fantasy world where there seems to be no logic. Throughout Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice experiences a variety of bizarre physical changes, causing her to realize she is not only trying to figure out Wonderland but also trying to determine her own identity. After Alice arrives in Wonderland the narrator states, “For this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people” (Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 12). This quotation is the first instance that shows Alice is unsure of her identity. The changes in size that take place when she eats or drinks are the physical signs of her loss of identity.

Alice can be very childish, but throughout the story, she encounters many animals with human qualities that make her change her perspective of the world she lives in. The main obstacle in Alice's life is growing up. As she grows up, she looks at situations in a very distinctive way, such as the moment when alice meets the March Hare, The Mad Hatter, and the Dormouse. By the time the story is over, Alice is already a grown up because of all the experiences she confronted such as, the mad tea party, the encounter with the caterpillar smoking a hookah pipe, also Alice's encounter with the Red Queen during the croquet game and the trial.

Mowat characterizes all of the wolves with specific personalities. Mowat personifies Uncle Albert as a Babysitter, George is the leader, and Angeline is the caregiver. In Never Cry Wolf Angeline calls to Uncle Albert to watch the pups, so she could go with George for a while. Albert immediately got up and started playing with the pups. He takes care of them when Angeline wants a break. When Mowat first arrives he sees Albert as a shaggy wolf and George as a big prime good looking Wolf. Angeline was the fancy good looking female. He gives them special characteristics to characterize them and give them their own special

In Wonderland the creatures and characters show Alice how the real world is but in hidden ways that she will not understand until she gets a little older. When Alice first encounters the Duchess, the Duchess is caring for a baby. Franticly the Duchess basically throws the baby into Alice’s arms, and Alice unsure of what to do, goes on a walk with the baby through the woods. Slowly Alice begins to realize that the baby she was carrying, was slowly beginning to transform into a pig (47-48). This symbolism that Carroll illustrates shows Alice how babies are going to change. By turning the baby into a loud messy animal, it demonstrates how babies will drastically change, and are handful. Since Alice is only a child, she has never had to deal with a baby from an adult perspective, until doing it unknowingly in Wonderland.

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland creates a warped reality, causing each character’s identity to become confused. An exception to this confusion of identity is the Cheshire Cat, who shows an uncanny awareness of his own madness, giving him considerable control over his presence and allowing him to occasionally leave only a grin behind. Alice, contrarily, is strewn all over as she loses herself in Wonderland. In Wonderland, all are “mad,” but to Alice this is preposterous, even as she fails to explain who she is – both to herself and to others. Carroll’s juxtaposition of the Cheshire Cat and Alice in their first meeting scene exaggerates Alice’s insecure identity and its development throughout her adventures in Wonderland.

Many themes are explored when reading Lewis Carrol’s, Alice in Wonderland. Themes of childhood innocence, child abuse, dream, and others. Reading the story, it was quite clear to see one particular theme portrayed through out the book: child to adult progression. Alice in Wonderland is full of experiences that lead Alice to becoming more of herself and that help her grow up. It’s a story of trial, confusion, understanding, and success. And more confusion. Though others might argue that the story was distinctly made for children just to get joy out of funny words, and odd circumstances, the tale has obvious dynamics that confirm the fact of it being a coming of age story.

Based on end of the story I predict that Mowgli finds a girl and they end up getting married and starts living in the town. I think that he will still be in the pack to but he just moved to the town. And since he doesn't know how to speak the language that the village or town speaks he gets taught and ends up living like a regular person. It would probably be hard for him to live like a regular person. Since he has lived his life in the wild and has been eating raw food it would be hard for him. I predict that Mowgli's body structure would be different because he has lived with a bunch of wolves and had to climb trees and be really fast. He would also be stronger to since he lived in the wild.

The Victorian Era was a time where not many ethical ideals and moral standards were sustained. Yet, it is also an Era in which modern society uses to make advancements in both humanity, and philosophy. Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, was a novelist who wrote pass his time. He wrote further in the future of the "common" Victorian Era. The ideology he presents in Alice in Wonderland is conducive to an individual attempting to bring attention to the deteriorating mental health and humane conditions in Victorian-Era England. Alice is representative of a normal child in everyday-Victorian England. This child, Alice, has not been exposed to the likes of diversity, but instead solidarity. The type of solidarity that is all too prevalent throughout the Victorian Era, primarily in the upbringing of children during this time. Children in Victorian Era England were taught to be followers of the norms already established by adults, and to ask no questions. These types of parameters placed restraints on children growing-up during this time; not only physical restraints, but also mental restraints, such as their imaginations'. Carroll was no stranger to this ideal or the likes of this concept; In fact, he constructed Alice in The Wonderland with this in mind, to defy the imaginative 'norm' of Victorian-Era England. He created a character that dreamt of falling down a rabbit hole into another universe. This dream or imagination becomes so vivid in his novel that the

The concept of identity is highly related to an adolescent’s socio-emotional development. Many of the creatures in Wonderland asked Alice to identify herself, and some of them even before engaging in any sort activity with her. “Who are you? Said the Caterpillar” (Carroll, L. 2012 Chapter V page 18, Kindle edition). Carroll applies here a rhetorical device similar to the onomatopoeia (commonly used in the fables), where animals are a key element to the learning experience, since most kids and even adults can easily relate to them. The creatures in Wonderland represent the way grown-ups behave in real life, for them it is very important to know who they are dealing with before trusting anybode, while kids in their innocence are more likely to trust nearly anybody. Nevertheless, when a child reaches a certain age, sooner or later he or she will be confronted with the issue, that some people are not to be trusted. This is a defining moment in their lives, in which they grasp who they are outside their familiar surroundings, and where they learn how they should react when they are confronted with a difficult

To become a leader in any sense one must have certain attributes that exemplify courage, confidence and humility. It may seem unlikely that a man raised very much by the jungle would be able to become such a thing, however in The Jungle Book written by Rudyard Kipling, Mowgli managed to display leadership with the help of numerous mentors along his journey. Mowgli was born in the human society, but was raised by the jungle, specifically by Baloo and Bagheera. Mowgli is faced with many adversities – such as acceptance problems and identity confusion – throughout this text that forced him to look within himself and find his true potential. Until Baloo and Bagheera took Mowgli in as their own it appears any chance that Mowgli had of achieving total personal growth as a human being living in the animal kingdom was nearly impossible. Mowgli’s interest in learning from Baloo, Bagheera and the Humans allowed Mowgli to transcend beyond just being an oblivious human living in the jungle. Instead Mowgli transformed into a true leader with his own hybrid identity with their help. Mowgli learned skills about living within the jungle and how to better accept his hybrid identity with help from Baloo, Bagheer and the Humans during his upbringing. This paper will analyze these relationships, looking at how they played such a large role in the transformation that Mowgli goes through within the confines of the text.

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll endures as one of the most iconic children 's books of all time. It remains one of the most ambiguous texts to decipher as Alice 's adventures in Wonderland have created endless critical debate as to whether we can deduce any true literary meaning, or moral implication from her journey down the rabbit hole. Alice 's station as a seven year old Victorian child creates an interesting construct within the novel as she attempts to navigate this magical parallel plain, yet retain her Victorian sensibilities and learn from experience as she encounters new creatures and life lessons. Therefore, this essay will focus on the debate as to whether Alice is the imaginatively playful child envisaged by the Romantics, or a Victorian child whose imagination has been stunted by her education and upbringing.