Alice in Wonderland
Stacy Keister
Coming of Age
- Lewis Carroll
- 1865
- 7 year-old girl who ends up in the magical land of Wonderland (book being read)
- identity
- growing up
White Rabbit
- Alice's guide
The Queen of Hearts
- using reason
Cheshire Cat
- logic (explains Wonderland)
Mad Hatter
- saying what you mean and meaning what you saw are not the same
The Caterpillar
- puberty (caterpillar --> butterfly)
- psychedelic hallucinogen
Tweedledee and Tweedledum
- the power of words
Influenced Ursula Le Guin
- reality vs dreams (fiction)
- a book being read to Alice while she sleeps
- drugs to control people