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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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