While reading the story of Alice in Wonderland a repeated problem for Alice stands out.

The problem was her issue with height. She complains through most of the book about her height and cries multiple times about her issue. For example Still she went on growing, and, as last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself Now I can do no more, whatever happens. What will become of me(Carrol21). While she is talking to the caterpillar she admits Oh, Im not particular as to size(Carrol33). Then she is contradicted the caterpillar and says to him Well, I should like to be a little larger (Carrol33). After Alice again complaining the caterpillar says Youll get used to it in time (Carrol33). Getting use to a personal body image is a very important lesson to be taught to children of all ages. For example Her size keeps changing and logic does not seem to make sense anymore. Her experience of identity, also referred to in this Article as a phenomenological sense of self, is sometimes put in check mate by Logically valid counterarguments( Helle-Valle17). As he changes she loses herself as people who struggle with body image do as well. Children can have many forms of insecurities. One of the most common problems is growth. Comparing themselves to their peers around them is a huge problem in kids today. Some games on the playground and sports at young ages favor taller children, than others. Even some rides at carnivals, or amusement parks have signs saying must be this height to ride a certain roller coaster. They are completely aware as well since The idea is that in bodily awareness the subject is aware of his or her body in the first

personal way, as a bodily self( Anscombe3). Not being able to enjoy a thrill ride with close friends together can be quite depressing and negative. It is personal as She wants to enter Wonderland, but as the story will show that requires a sacrifice: the safety of a predictable physical self. The body is central to self-experience (Merleau-Ponty 1962), and change of size and appearance is likely to affect the sense of who I am(Helle-Valle17). From personal experience growing up I struggled with obesity. I constantly compared myself to the other kids in my classes. The name calling that comes with being overweight also stuck. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me is overrated and does not matter. Growing up I wondered why I was larger than the other kids, did not know about the importance of nutrition until my junior year of high school when I went on an extreme diet and lost weight. At the time weighing two hundred and sixty five pounds as a sophomore in high school at only five foot seven was unacceptable and out right dangerous to my health. As I lost eighty pounds I still was not comfortable at the weight and wanted to lose more and developed an eating problem thinking I was going to become obese again. I use to stress out eating certain foods and not shrinking as fast, as Alice did in the book. I was in a dark place and borderline anorexic, focused all my attention on being the right size. After getting over that hurdle I grew personally and outwardly as well into a healthy balanced body. There are three types of body types, as well as some mixtures as we mature. Endomorph being the larger shoulder and hip based, who can put on weight easily as I was defined under. Then Mesomorph being lean and eating a balanced diet to become muscular. Ectomorph being smaller shoulder, and hip based, as a cross country runner type, skinny.

The current media outlook also puts a lot of pressure on young men and women about looking a certain way. For example They set up often unrealistic goals of how people "should" be (face, body size, sex life) (Web1). 1. Monday April 30th 2012. Australian Bureau of Statistics 'Children's participation in selected leisure activities' Year Book Australia 2006 http://www.cyh.com/healthtopics/healthtopicdetails.aspx?p=240&np=300&id=2059 2. Smith, Joel. "Bodily Awareness, Imagination And The Self." European Journal Of Philosophy 14.1 (2006): 49-68. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. 3. Helle-Valle, Anna, and Per-Einar Binder. "In Wonderland: A Phenomenological, Developmental And Self Psychological Analysis Of A ChildS Playful Encounter With A New Reality." Nordic Psychology 61.2 (2009): 16-28. PsycARTICLES. Web. 16 Mar. 2014.