Alice, the freshman.

I really admire the way that Alice takes everything in stride. In the beginning of the book especially, despite the fact that nothing really makes sense. Her "way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen" because "the common way" of life "seemed quite dull and stupid" is amusing and very refreshing to see, as it shows how she's adapting to the strange ways of Wonderland already (19). Instead of rejecting anything that happens or questioning it too much, she simply accepts it and goes on her way.

I feel Alice would agree.

I've experienced similar treatment at UT already; the second weekend after classes began, I ended up sitting outside Jester East with a couple of friends from around midnight to somewhere between five and six in the morning (it was my personal best for the week). While we were sitting out there, a lot of people wandered by, including one of the RAs for Jester East who was walking her dog at 3:20AM. Back where I'm from, this isn't common - there isn't much of a night-life in the Plano suburbs. But here in college, everyone takes everything in stride. When my friend checked the two of us into Jester at around 5:40AM, the person working the desk didn't blink an eye. I'm sure he's seen stranger, but his lack of a reaction was still a pleasant surprise.

"We can talk when there's anybody worth talking to."

Despite all of the strange things that Alice sees, though, she still manages to not grow jaded. When she sees the Garden of Live Flowers and speaks to the Tiger-lily, she became "so astonished that she couldn't speak for a minute" (157). That especially stuck out to me; despite everything else she's seen and done, from growing and shrinking herself to playing croquet with a card queen using a flamingo as equipment, she still retains the ability to be surprised at new things. This may be a trait in her due to her youth (she is still naive), but it's a trait that I would like to try to retain as well. Being jaded is a certain kind of disillusionment that I very much want to prevent, as much as that's possible.