All throughout this tea party scene (though much more so in the novel) Alice behaves impulsively. This is very much a nod towards adolescent impulsivity in general. In fact, it is hard not to see this entire scene, especially in the novel, as a mirror for adolescence. Viewers and readers see Alice struggle with the consequences of how she behaves, the expectations of others, and her own personal beliefs of how she should be treated by the world. Lough describes this struggle exceedingly well in his article, stating, “a pattern can appear in adolescence in which there is a continual oscillation between conceit, on the one hand, and a complete lack of confidence on the other,” (Lough 310). By establishing Alice as the mature character in the
