Read the excerpt from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. It didn’t sound a comfortable plan, Alice thought, and for a few minutes she walked on in silence, puzzling over the idea, and every now and then stopping to help the poor Knight, who certainly was NOT a good rider.

Whenever the horse stopped (which it did very often), he fell off in front; and whenever it went on again (which it generally did rather suddenly), he fell off behind. Otherwise he kept on pretty well, except that he had a habit of now and then falling off sideways; and as he generally did this on the side on which Alice was walking, she soon found that it was the best plan not to walk QUITE close to the horse.

The author, Lewis Carroll, uses characters such as the Knight to symbolize himself. Which statement best describes how Carroll uses the characters as symbols of his life in the excerpt?

Lewis Carroll is making fun of the real Alice.
Lewis Carroll is making fun of himself.
Lewis Carroll is describing his talents.
Lewis Carroll is showing how serious he is.