Study Guide for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Chapters 1-6

• Identity is a major theme that Alice faces
• There are three major types of identity:
• Physical: size changes
• There are 8 major size changes in the first six chapters
  
• we see a fractured/split personality of Alice through these changes
• Internal: knowledge/way of thinking
• Alice tries to recite things she knows to see if she is still the same person; nothing is correct when she does this
• Alternative Perspective: views of other characters
• the White Rabbit calls Alice Mary Ann, which translates to mean a servant girl
• the Caterpillar asks her "Who are you?"; Alice doesn't know the answer to this question
• the Pigeon calls her a serpent because of her long "serpent" like neck
• the Cheshire Cat calls her mad
• Alice becomes able to control her size changers in chapter 5 with the mushroom