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This week I read chapters 8 through 12 and I finished the book! During these couple chapters I really got to see Alice's true personality. Even though I did see it throughout the whole book, I think these couple chapters really put Alice in the spotlight. In chapter 9 Alice finally became a Queen, after such a long journey. I was happy that she had finally become the queen because she deserved it considering all she had gone through.
I had been waiting awhile to see if it was truly a dream or not and in chapters 10, 11, and 12 I had finally found my answer. In chapter 10 Alice had begun shaking the queen. I didn't really understand why she was doing that but once I got to chapter 11 I realized why. Here the queen was her kitty! This gave me a clue on whether or not it was a dream. In chapter 12 Alice said to her kitty "You woke me out of oh! such a nice dream!" This one line made me think that it was defiantly a dream but, as I read on the author left me with a question and that question was "Which do you think it was?" After I had thought about it for a little I came up with a conclusion. I believe that you could think either way, it could be a dream but it could be reality. It just depends on your personality and what you believe in. Some could argue that it is indeed a world or another dimension that you can go to, or it could be a world you visit when you are under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. Both of these explanations seem very unrealistic in this situation because Alice was a young girl. I think that it was indeed a dream, it was all just a figment of Alice's childish imagination. It probably was her "dream" world, full of things that are apart of her personality.
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This week I read chapters 3 through 7 of Through the Looking-Glass House. In these chapters Alice faces many conflicts that are associated with the characters that she meets. In chapter 3 I really saw Alice's imagination because I am seeing the bugs that she is imagining and they are quite interesting and crazy-looking. In this chapter I really saw how the land of the looking glass world was laid out. It gave me a better understanding of what to except and envision. As a reader when you're reading a book, it is easier to understand the text when there is an image in your head. For me, this helps a lot because throughout this book, I had a hard time understanding the text and the author really helped me by using imagery in the text. In chapters 4 through 7 is where Alice really runs into the problems and conflicts. She meets many difficult characters and its frustrating as a reader because Alice is making sense when she is talking to them but they aren't able to comprehend what she is saying and it gets annoying. This is another thing I struggled with while reading the book. Luckily though, with all of the conflicts that she had she was able to find a way out of them and that gave me a sense of relief. I only have a couple more chapters to go, and I am really eager to see how the story ends. By this point I am asking myself a couple of questions. One very important question that I have is; Is it all a dream? Hopefully I will find an answer to that question in the next few chapters. This week I read the last two chapters of the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland portion of the book and the first two chapters of the Looking Glass section. In chapters eleven through twelve Alice meets many new friends, but along with meeting new friends she does run into some conflict. She is accused of stealing the tarts while she is in court. As a reader this made me wonder, did Alice really steal the tarts? This turned the book into a short little mystery because I didn't know what was going to happen next and I was excited to see how Alice was going to defend herself against these accusations. At the end of chapter twelve, I found out how she defended herself. It was quite exciting because a lot happened during this time. She first tipped over the jury box, and then the pack of "warrior" cards flew down on to her and basically attacked her. Both of these actions were very unexpected and it threw me through a loop hole!
The first two chapters of the Through the Looking Glass portion of the book, I was quite confused. At first I really wasn't sure what was going on. That was until I really analyzed it and then I understood. Once I understood the basic plot of what was happening then it had became quite interesting. She envisioned herself in this imaginary world where her cats were portrayed as chess and most everything was backwards. Both of these chapters I thought were really interesting because as a reader you really saw Alice's imagination in full effect. Chapters 6 through 10 pretty much share the same characteristics as the first 5, but they do differ. in Chapter 6, Alice meets the Duchess. The Duchess is a very mean character and Alice becomes offended by her. I as a reader do also. I become frustrated because of all of the commotion and frustration that occurs while Alice is talking to the Duchess. In chapter 7, Alice runs into the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse and the March Hare at the Mad Tea Party. This is a very confusing part of the book, I believe because of all of the confusion at the Tea Party. No on there really knows what their talking about or whats going, and I believe that really takes a tole on Alice mentally. Chapter 8 really scares me, because I feel for Alice. She finds herself upon the Queens Croquet game, and that's not an ideal place to be. The Queen is very tempered, and she orders that almost everyone should be "off with their heads." As a reader, it makes me think. What would happen if Alice would be killed? What would happen to the rest of the story? Luckily though, she doesn't die and I don't have to think like that.
In chapters 9 and 10, Alice really does enjoy herself. You can tell that she enjoys the company that she is with. For a reader, it makes the book a little bit more enjoyable because you can really start to relate to the character in the book because you're starting to understand how she thinks, and what she likes. Alice takes a lot of interest into the Mock Turtle's story and I understand why, it is quite an interesting story. Right now, I am about 10 chapters into the book, and I am really enjoying it a lot. I am starting to really understand how Alice thinks, and I can almost relate to the problems that she is facing. I can't wait to see what else is in store. This is my second time reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The first time I read it I enjoyed it very much, and people always say that the second times even better. The very beginning of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland I think starts out very exciting. Alice, who is the main character of the book is sitting on a riverbank with her sister, when she suddenly sees a white rabbit with pink eyes run past her and she hears him say "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" Of course hearing this sparked Alice's curiosity very much and it would have sparked mine too. The next part of the story, Alice finds herself falling very slowly down a rabbit hole. This is almost mysterious, because I (the reader) am thinking, "what will happen next?"
In the first five chapters of the book, the character is experiencing magical things and frustrating things. Reading this, it made me more curious about the world around me because just like in the book, not everything is what it seems. Alice faces many difficult situations in these first couple chapters, and as a reader it frustrates me. How can a situation be so dumb, or how could a character be so dumb? An example of this was when she cried, then almost drowned in her own tears. I found this very frustrating, because how did she get herself into that type of situation? Something that I noticed now that I didn't notice before was in chapter five, when she met the caterpillar who was smoking a hookah. As a kid, I didn't really know what that was, but now I do. The question that I have now is why would the author put that into a child's book? The more I thought about the more I realized. I believe that he put that in their as a symbol of drugs and how drugs can affect you. The caterpillar was quite loopy and languid. He tried to show children the affects of drugs. So far I've really enjoyed this story. It defiantly messed with my emotions, and the story kept me on the edge of my seat wondering "what will happen next?" I can't wait to continue reading this story to see what really does happen next. |
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