Friday, November 7, 2008

Favorite Chapter


My favorite chapter in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is Pig & Pepper. I chose this chapter as my favorite because I like the conversation at the end between Alice and the Cheshire-Cat. This conversation seemed to me more dream-like than any other part of the book. First, Alice asks where to go and the cat responds by asking where she wants to go. Alice has no real preference, which is how dreams often are. Does anyone ever know where they should go in a dream? Secondly, I like the way the Cheshire-Cat explains his madness. If a dog is not mad, and it wags its tail when it is happy and growls when it is angry, than a cat must be mad if it growls when it is happy and wags its tail when it is angry. I think it is humorous how something as logical as comparing and contrasting can be so illogical. Thirdly, I like how normal Alice’s reply to the cat’s question about the baby is. "It turned into a pig." There is no need for further explanation because that’s what happened and it’s as simple as that. This is the way dreams come to me. Nothing makes sense and nothing has to.

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