 Virginia Scott called the novel a fantasy . Drawing on Lewis Carroll 's Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland in The International Fiction Review , she wrote that " [ Lessing 's ] Alice with her group of political revolutionaries can be seen as a serious fantasy which has striking parallels to ... Carroll 's Alice " . Both <unk> enter a house and are confronted by seemingly impossible challenges : Carroll 's Alice has to navigate passages too small to fit through , while Lessing 's Alice finds herself in a barely <unk> house that is earmarked for demolition . Both <unk> are able to change their appearances : in Wonderland , Alice <unk> her size to suit her needs ; in The Good Terrorist , Alice changes her <unk> to get what she wants from others . Scott noted that at one point in The Good Terrorist , Faye refers to Alice as " Alice the Wonder , the <unk> Alice " , alluding to Carroll 's Alice . 
