Alice

A summary of two novels by Lewis Caroll: "Alice's adventures in Wonderland", "Through the looking-glass", written as an exercise of the SciFi course:
 
In the childhood dream, Alice is supposed to learn some lessons, whereas the adulthood dream of already-matured Alice is not merely about playing with queer creatures; instead, it is focused on a chessboard, depicting the life as a puzzle with its definite rules.

"Keep your temper." Alice was warned by almost every creature she met in Wonderland, though in slightly different words. Smart, curious, and argumentative, she needs to be patient as well to face a world full of ups and downs, with mad and curious creatures, somehow resembling the world poor Alice has to live as an adult.

"What size do you want to be?" Caterpillar asked. Isn't it the question she should keep asking when she grows up? How does she want to behave in a society? Like a little kid or a grownup adult? By having a gradual development, instead of radical changes in her form, not only others, but also she, herself, will not be confused with her size, consequently her demands and life style. She needs to learn how to control her shape. Staying balanced is the art of life.

When she is sitting beside the kitten, dreaming about looking-glass, we noticeably find Alice sexually matured. She describes snow "as if the snow is kissing the window" or she wonders "if the snow loves the trees and fields." When the dream starts, she behaves as if she has learned her lesson: she keeps her temper. She looks more polite (not interrupting others), shy (concerned about others' comments), conservative (more often frightened by the situation).

When Queens said, "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!", it might depict the steady and, sometimes, boring state of adulthood when there is not much adventure as exists in childhood. However, there are rules, steps, and commands that Alice needs to follow in her dream.