Alice's Journey To Wonderland Analysis

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When desperately Alice was trying to manage how to return to her original size, she found a Caterpillar sat on the top of a big mushroom smoking a hookah pipe.

After a little conversation with the Caterpillar, she easily felt irritated with his comments “Who are you?” ”Keep your temper”. She definitely lost her temper, “she had never been so much contradicted in all her life before”, and replied in an offensive way.
Alice was curiously looking at a little house, when a Fish-Footman knocked the door with a Queen invitation to play croquet. She found herself in a conversation with the Footman.
She asked the Footman more than one, “How am I to get in?” Alice considered his answers and behavior “uncivil”; she felt frustrated again; “Alice did
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The King and Queen of Hearts conducted the trial. The Queen wants sentence before the jury verdict. During her absurd journey through Wonderland, Alice gained confidence, now she knew what she wanted and who she was among all those strange people. The Queen of Heart cuts off the heads of everybody, but Alice was not afraid anymore. “Stuff and nonsense! Said Alice loudly”; she dared to contradict the Queen, “I won’t!” She was able to control her feelings, and mean what she says, “Who cares for you?”

At the beginning, Alice was careless more than once; she naively thought only to say what she wanted, without thinking that could bring negatives consequences. Her feelings was strongest, she felt nostalgic, and that overwhelmed her in a way that she could not recognize when to stop talking about a topic. Alice do not hesitate to express her feelings, emotions or opinions; to say what she mean, and be honest was part of her ingenuous childhood.
During her absurd journey through Wonderland, Alice gained confidence; at the end, she knew what she wanted and who she was among all those strange people. Alice was not afraid anymore; she was able to control her feelings, and mean what she
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In addition, she experienced awkward situations, which increase her curiosity; she also met rare animals, and ridiculous individuals. Adult’s behaviors frustrated her constantly in Wonderland. She went through a variety of unpleasant emotions and feelings: She felt irritated, angry, sad, nostalgic, melancholy, lonely, hopeless, and frightened. At the beginning, she reacted carefully, because this strange world was new to her, but not a minute had passed since she was risking to the unknown. Moreover, Alice was careless, and childlike more than once; she thought only to say what she wanted, without thinking that could bring negatives outcomes. Alice did not hesitate to express her feelings, emotions or opinions; to say what she mean, her honesty measure her innocent

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