Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. The heroine of the book is six-year-old Alice Liddel. She enters the world of Wonderland after falling down a rabbit-hole on a sleepy afternoon. Subsequently, Alice changes throughout the book in two significant ways: physically and psychologically. These changes were introduced in the beginning of her adventures and play substantial roles in the story. The first changes Alice encounters are physical. Firstly, she shrinks numerous times to get herself out of tight situations (which she finds herself in a literal ‘tight problem’ every so often). When she was stuck in the White Rabbit’s house, she shrinks to get herself out. Furthermore, Alice also grows taller on several occasions. In the seemingly endless hallway, Alice becomes nine feet tall. All of these changes began with the bottle labeled “DRINK ME,” and it continued with other objects – a fan, a mushroom and some cakes. Overall, Alice declares that she “can’t keep the same size
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The first mental change is in her memory. In chapter five, she declares that she “can’t remember things the way she used to.” To begin with, she cannot recall the things she’s learned in school. She forgets how to speak proper grammar in chapter three. And then, Alice recites the Multiplication Table all wrong, saying that “Four times five is twelve and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is – oh dear!” After that, she attempts to say her Geography, but she remembers that incorrectly as well. Alice then tries to say “How Doth the Little Busy Bee,” but “Her voice sounded hoarse and strange, and the words did not come out the same as they used to.” Next, in chapter five, the caterpillar tells her to recite “You are Old, Father William,” and in chapter ten, Alice was also told to recite “The Lobster-Quadrille” to the Mock Turtle but they, like all the others, came out
The first mental change is in her memory. In chapter five, she declares that she “can’t remember things the way she used to.” To begin with, she cannot recall the things she’s learned in school. She forgets how to speak proper grammar in chapter three. And then, Alice recites the Multiplication Table all wrong, saying that “Four times five is twelve and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is – oh dear!” After that, she attempts to say her Geography, but she remembers that incorrectly as well. Alice then tries to say “How Doth the Little Busy Bee,” but “Her voice sounded hoarse and strange, and the words did not come out the same as they used to.” Next, in chapter five, the caterpillar tells her to recite “You are Old, Father William,” and in chapter ten, Alice was also told to recite “The Lobster-Quadrille” to the Mock Turtle but they, like all the others, came out