This week in class our main focus was to speak about the common conflict found in both the poem “Ulysses” and the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and relate it to my own life. The conflict that I noticed in both these pieces of literature was the struggle Ulysses and Alice faced with their identities as they stepped into a new chapter in their lives. As I step into a new chapter I can’t help but connect with their struggles. In the poem “Ulysses”, he feels that now that his time as a great hero is over he has no other purpose that he is just an “idle King”. I feel like an idle king is what I’ve become. I have not reached adulthood but I’m expected to act like and adult. If adults can’t treat me as a productive member of society I don’t understand how they can expect me to become a productive member of society. Alice’s struggle is one that is more closely related to mine; she is also stepping out of childhood and into the next stage of life. As much as I want to grow up and move on, it is still hard to let go of what was. From reading Alice in Wonderland I learned that the best way to face these struggles is to keep a part of my childhood with me and never forget that chapter of my life.
-Sloane K.
-Sloane K.
Sloane, I can completely relate to your struggles about becoming an adult. Often times, our parents expect us to act as on, yet turn around and treat us like a child. But as we move on and become successful, we, too, will become upstanding adults.
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