Alicia In His Different Personifications In The Story

Alicia in his different personifications in the story

Introduction

Lewis Carroll’s famous novel hides much more than exclusively a simple children’s story. Among the unprecedented number of metaphors, words and small stories that might seem that they make sense, alice in Wonderland explores issues such as self-identity, the crisis of the adolescent stage and what is called as a car as a carTurner categorization. But this reasoning about the identity transcends its second novel known as Alicia through the mirror. In addition to the novels, published in 1865 and 1871 respectively, the original Disney adaptation of 1951 is joined, and the subsequent adaptations of Tim Burton, the first of 2010, and the second of 2016, also cover this topic that initiallyIt can go unnoticed when you are small. The main argument is linked to an interpellation: Is Alicia past, that is, Alicia before she entered the burrow, the same Alicia that is in Wonderland? Do both have the same identity?

Developing

First of all, the discussion about identity can be given from different points of view. The first analyzable is from the psychological point of view. Erik Erikson developed the "psychosocial theory", that is, how the identity of the self forms from eight fundamental stages forms. Alicia is a young girl who quietly looks at a book on the banks of the Thames river with her sister and suddenly perceives a white rabbit talking about which she does not feel amazed.

Alicia, with her playful, curious and spontaneous nature, decides to follow him until she falls through a burrow. There are many explanations about what the burrow can symbolize, many theories concluding that it is a form of union between an irrational world with the rational and that through it Alicia tries to escape the demands and responsibilities of adults, a social group to whichIt would belong in not long. At first glance it could be concluded that it is in the latency stage, mainly because of age and their children’s attitudes and the feeling of inferiority when something does not go as planned or the red queen treats her in a inconsiderate way. However, there is a progress of Alicia’s attitude, more particular from the adolescent stage, from the first to the author’s second novel, even reaching the early adulthood stage in the case of adaptations, since it begins when the protagonistHe is 19 years old. Leaving aside the alice of cinematographic adaptations, several of the characters reflect as in the novel Alicia does not want to go through the adult stage and therefore escapes through the burrow. The most prominent example is that of the white rabbit, symbolizing anxiety or the tea party of the crazy hat and the heavy routine of adults. During the adolescent stage, Alicia feels frustrated, misunderstood and alone. The frustration originates in that she is not small enough to carry out some acts and is not greater enough for others: “It should be shame, a girl as big as you (could well say it now) and get tocry like this ”pg. 26. This is represented by their size changes, although these also represent the body transformations through which a person passes from childhood to puberty. Another important characteristic of this stage, according to Erikson, is the way in which an individual questions his identity. She herself cannot answer the question: "Who are you?"That the caterpillar poses, answering the following:" At this precise moment, ma’that pass through this stage: they do not know their true identity, and at most they are able to inquire and experiment with different identities until it gives rise to the one that feels more pleased. self-concept is the set of characteristics that define Alicia. The story continues and the young woman is confused with a snake due to her high neck and the lack of hands she has. In addition, not making use of her name, she argues that it is not different from the other small girls and therefore the dove should recognize it as such. According to Turner, the problem comes when others, in this case the dove, do not. Therefore, the young woman decides to state that she belongs to that group because somehow that will change the perception that the dove has of her, that is, that it is a snake that wants to eat the eggs that she puts. It takes, therefore, the decision that in this particular context it is wiser to dispense with the characteristics that define them and make it different within their social group, to gain the confidence of the dove. In this way, it self-sighted within the group of young girls, especially by obviating their name, since if I answered “I am Alicia” it would already be endowing an individual characteristic of each person and finally failed to do their favorable situation, but on the contrary, but it would be inferior.

Another of the questions suggested to Alicia, in addition to "Who are you?"She is the one that she considers herself:" My God! How strange everything is today! Yesterday life went normally. Will I have changed at night? Let’s see, was it the same when I got up this morning? I think I remember feeling a bit different […] So, who am I? Ah, that’s what it’s about!". This could be explained according to the philosophical perception of identity. According to Leibniz’s law, Alicia A, considered alice before entering the burrow, and Alicia B, being the one in the Wonderland pronouncing that cited, are identical alice in the event that they have the same qualitative properties, and therefore, are numerically identical. But Alicia does not have the same qualities, but some as physical features, quality, human beings share. Since they do not share the same qualities, it could be deduced that it is not numerically identical beings. Likewise, Alicia’s psychological continuity must be taken into account. From the point of view of Locke, Alicia A and Alicia B, the same person could be considered in the event that Alicia B remembered most of Alicia’s affairs: memories, experiences or knowledge. That is why it quickly in the next paragraph Alicia tries to remember the multiplication tables, the capitals and even tries to recite the poem "El Cuervo and El Zorro" by Isaac Watts, since they are issues that Alicia A knew previously. Alicia B is wrong in all her answers implying that she does not have Alicia’s memories to. Therefore it is concluded that Alicia A is different from Alicia B until the last does not possess the knowledge and memories of the previous. Another possibility could be considered the first alice as part of a different world of the second, as a parallel world, in which the two coexist in their respective worlds. Somehow, this is still true, since the true Alicia continues to sleep in her sister’s lap, while the second is discovering a new world full of fantasy. Although previously it has been seen that two different individuals cannot have the same qualities, and therefore, the second Alicia is a similar to the original, but it is not identical, it is not the same. In turn, also the caterpillar symbolizes metamorphosis and reflects everything said above. Of caterpillar by several stages to become a butterfly. Do physical changes influence identity change? I mean, Alicia feels psychologically different because of the physical changes suffered, but the caterpillar denies that she will feel different. Because the identity is built, the probable caterpillar does not consider that it can feel different in the event that its self-concept changes in a positive way by changing to an identity with which you can feel more comfortable and increase your self – esteem in the process. As an example, the case of "Kafka’s metamorphosis" can be considered. Gregor Samsa is a human who wakes up a morning like a beetle. Samsa has memories that he was previously human and, therefore, remains the same Gregor Samsa as the original. We could not consider it as a beetle, and he does not feel identified with the new image he presents, so he can feel worried about the transformations that he has suddenly passed. In addition Alicia and Samsa also share that their modifications occur in a scarce period that do not let them assimilate the situation and feel even strange than a caterpillar, which goes through several stages before becoming a butterfly.

conclusion

Given the analysis of Alicia’s identity, it can be concluded that both alia. Mainly for everything mentioned above and this could be added that Alicia A is Infant and Alicia B has to make more rational decisions, especially in the second volume, Alicia through the mirror. Finally, Alicia in Wonderland is a reading that should be done more than once to be able to understand all those small details that pass us as little ones.