Alice in Wonderland, a classic of children literature, is often regarded as psychological and philosophical
metaphors and as literary parody. Widely translated, quoted and adapted for various media, the book
provoked enough fascination among children and critics alike. It was an enormous success. The reason for its unexpected
popularity was that it was published at a time when most children’s books were designed to instruct rather than
entertain. Alice’s chaotic nonsense world provides an exhaustible mine of literary, philosophical and scientific themes.
One of the most obvious themes found is the theme of growing up and identity crisis. Alice’s experiences in Wonderland
can be taken as a metaphor for the experience of growing up, both in terms of physically growing up and coming
to understand the world of adults.
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Author Name: Pratima Mistry
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ISSN: 2249-555X
EISSN: 2249-555X
EOI/DOI: 10.15373/2249555X
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