In the first part, the characters in wonderland kept asking whether Alice who grew up was the same Alice, and Alice kept asking, this is my dream, why can't I do whatever I want. Everyone is the omnipotent protagonist in their childhood fantasy, until they gradually realize that they are not the center of the world as they grow up, so the protagonist in the fantasy increasingly accepts their powerlessness and chooses to compromise. Alice regained her courage in the first story, refused to compromise with other people's arrangements in the unsatisfactory reality, and returned to be the protagonist who controls her own life in reality.
The second reality's dilemma is more brutal, and the themes the story presents are more difficult and sad. Time is like flowing water, it will never return, take away the youth, take away the lives of relatives, and take away the good times. When faced with blows and pressures in life, who wouldn't want the easy and beautiful past to last forever and resent time itself? In real life, Alice, whose father died early, was deprived of her beloved ocean-going career by her partner. She once again returned to her inner fantasy paradise, challenging time in her fantasy, sailing recklessly in the past, and saving her lost family for her friends. . Even in the fantasy world, the passage of time is still an iron law that cannot be changed. Life will come to an end. The past cannot be changed. Whether it is a happy experience or a moment of making a big mistake, it cannot be repeated. The damage that has been done will not disappear. , only to accept.
The fantasy world of Alice who has grown up is no longer as simple as a child when a hero slays a dragon. The beautiful and gentle White Queen indirectly ruined her sister's life with a childhood lie, but she didn't have the courage to admit her mistake and make amends; the cruel Red Queen's resentment due to inferiority and loneliness can be replaced by a belated apology and love Extinguish, treat each other with forgiveness, human nature is so complex, good and evil are one and two sides, no longer clear. A young rebellious Mad Hatter and a stern father are a typical pair of father and son who are estranged because they are not good at communication. Effective communication and mutual understanding with parents is an important sign of children's maturity. I don't want to be like him/her, this line is used by both Alice and the Mad Hatter. These are all manifestations of Alice's inner maturity. And the life-and-death trust and support that the Mad Hatter can't get is the projection of Alice's own psychology.
The relationship between the present and the past, the passage of time, is a proposition that everyone has to face again and again as they grow up. In the present, looking at the untouchable future and the past with an uneasy mood, in the final analysis there is only one sentence, the rare sight. All attempts to change the past in Alice's fantasies have failed, making the impossible possible only at this moment. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, which is why we call it the present. Many works are based on this phrase, and this Alice in the Looking Glass generally explains this by means of a time travel allegory Plain reason.
At the end Alice bids farewell to her wonderland, and a mature person does not need to go back to childhood fantasies again and again to find answers. However, in her sleep and memories, these imaginary images of childhood would still quietly accompany her, and a colorful fantasy world would always open the door to the little girl who used to be.
Great people have some madness, as crazy as childhood daydreams. However, to break through the prejudices in reality, to open up a road that no one has traveled before, and to sail forward in the journey of life, it will always require some childish courage and madness. You might as well return to the fantasy world in which you are the protagonist in children's dreams, and find a piece of madness in the eyes of the world.
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