Alice grew up in a white, upper class, and privileged family. She studied lessons in History, English, Math, Etiquette, Science, and more. Alice spent all of her life learning how to be a proper young girl and how to conform to the standards of Victorian society. However, Alice is all of a sudden thrown into a new wonderland where everything she learned was no longer applicable. Most people would try to adapt to the standards of the new society, even if it is only temporary, but Alice does not do this. She does not agree with any of the norms in this Wonderland, and the inhabitants will not conform to the way of life that Alice once knew. Alice does not fit into this new world and she is not willing to make the necessary changes to do so. The society that Alice grew up in was an imperialistic one and she tries to carry this out in the book Alice in Wonderland. Because Alice in unsuccessful in her venture to conquer Wonderland, she becomes frustrated and throws the world into chaos.

The main reason that Alice did not conform to the new society is because they do not fit what she was taught. Alice appears to be a very well mannered little girl that grew up in a Victorian household.

"The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it. 'No room! No room!' they cried out when they saw Alice coming. 'There's plenty of room!' said Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one end of the table."

She also doesn't really respect the wishes of people, she treats them as if they are inferior because they do not belong to the same group that Alice does.

Through the whole book Alice has been trying to, although subtly, conquer Wonderland. In the end of the book she is realizing that her conquest is not going to be successful and this angers her. Since she is only seven years old she is unable to handle this loss and lets her rage overcome her sensibility. She begins to throw a temper tantrum and 'destroys' Wonderland; this is Alice's tragic loss.

Alice exhibits many instances of imperialism. The first instance of Alice being an imperialist is in the very first chapter of the book. She runs after a rabbit and jumps down a whole. Alice originally followed the rabbit out of curiosity and this would give her the opportunity to explore a new territory. She also enters houses without knocking; "she came upon a neat little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name 'W. RABBIT' engraved upon it. She went in without knocking, and hurried upstairs" 31. This shows Alice not caring for the rights of people that live there; she is taking it for herself.

Alice was raised in an "explore and conquer," or imperialistic, society. England has long been known as a country that was always trying to expand

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