Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Kaurie Durham:

In this chapter, Alice was amazed about every decision that she made. Alice met three playing cards named, five, seven, and two that were gardeners. They were painting the white roses red because the queen would get mad and kill them if the roses weren’t red. Then the king and queen of hearts had arrived. The queen was very surprised by Alice and offered Alice to play a game of croquet. Croquet is supposed to be a very fun and interesting game but the Queen of Hearts took it to far. There were too many rules and if you did not obey by them, you would be killed. Alice decided to step to the side as she realized that the game of croquet was very dangerous. Then, the cat appeared again smiling. Alice began to complain to the cat but quickly changed her words as she noticed the queen started to overhear. The king came over and decided to tell the queen that the cat should be gone. After a while of playing the game, Alice noticed that their was a dispute going on between the cat, the executioner, and the king. The queen threatened to have everybody killed. Alice said that the cat belonged to the Duchess and the cat soon disappeared. The king and executioner started to search for it while everyone else went back to the game.

The Queen of Hearts relates to Queen Victoria in the Victorian era because they were both strict, ruthless, and spoiled. Queen Victoria  got her way. If she did not like something that somebody did, she would kill them by cutting off their head. I think that both queens had a passion for killing. Red represents passion and, the three cards-which means trinity and strength- were painting the roses red. White represents purity and innocence. This was the color of the roses before they were painted red so the Queen of Hearts may have been losing her innocence and gaining passion for killing. Queen Victoria had a rough childhood. I think that the red roses represents Queen Victoria’s anger towards what happened when she was a child. Her emotions may be conflicted due to her past. Maybe she is forced into being perfect but she does not want to because she wants to go back to her childhood that she never had. Croquet is supposed to be a very fun and interesting game but the Queen of Hearts took it to far. There were too many rules and if you did not obey by them, you would be killed. The Queen of Hearts may be trying to preserve her true feelings in relating to Queen Victoria. Croquet is a game that is no longer played in the United States. Now, our form of croquet would be golf.

Chapter 7

Brookelyn West:

In Chapter 7, Alice arrives at the Hatter’s house to see a tea party set up. There at the party was the Hatter, the Hare, and the Dormouse - who was fast asleep. When arriving she was not welcomed to the party, not minding this Alice sat down anyway. Alice started to notice that the two awake were very rude and had no manners. They then started to talk about random things like watches. They then move on to talking about the song they needed to sing to the Queen and how she was to kill the Hatter. The talk about time and how always has tea time at the same time. They start to tell a story of three sisters and how they learned to draw. Alice let the table after the Hatter’s rudeness and went inside of a door in a tree.

I find that in Chapter 7 it can relate to variety of subjects. Like how in the Victorian era - in which this is based off of - They were very well mannered and and were taught to never be rude. But at this tea party the Hatter and the March Hare are very rude towards her. They would’ve pulled out a chair, asked her if she want some tea, or any other polite thing like that, but they were rude to her as soon as she got to the table. I mean I would understand because she wasn’t invited and just kinda sat herself down at their table. Another thing is they rarely ever talked about very important things over tea, it was sort of a relaxing type of thing. In the Victorian era they also made hats using mercury. Using it would cause severe mental illness and make the hatter go mad, coining the term “mad as a hatter”. Now you could go the usual route and say that Mad Hatter is an actual hatter, but i think there could be another possibility. He could also be just mad regularly and because of the term “mad as a hatter” they nicknamed him hatter.

In 2016 we rarely ever have tea parties, but when we do it becomes a special occasion and we do it now to feel like royalty or fancy. Imagine a tea party, you are probably imagining a princess hosting this extravagant tea party you must be personally invited to come. So women now would have tea parties to feel elegant and poise, but we still don’t act the way they did with Alice. Tea parties are supposed to be relaxed and fun, but there  are also rules behind all of the fun.

Chapter 6

In this chapter, Alice sees two fish-footman talking and she is amused by how they greet each other. A fish-footman talks to Alice about the house. Alice becomes frustrated because she wants to get inside and the fish-footman told her to wait a day or two. Alice becomes stubborn and goes inside the house anyways. There is a chef cooking, a Cheshire cat smiling, and a duchess that is being very violent towards her baby. The duchess tosses the baby toward Alice and leaves to go play croquet with the queen. Alice takes the baby outside and realizes that the baby looks like a pig-like creature. Alice puts the baby down and the baby strolls away. The cat appears and tells her that one direction will take her towards the Hatter and the other direction will take her towards the March Hare. Alice takes the cat’s advice and decides to go towards where the March Hare is.

Brookelyn:

I feel chapter 6 relates to Lewis Carroll because of the way Alice acts to the baby. Lewis Carroll had a hobby of taking naked pictures of young girls before puberty hits. After puberty he would believe they were vile and impure. In chapter 6 Alice wanted the baby because it was so small and innocent, but then Alice started not to like the baby because she was thinking of what it would look like when it grew up. As the baby grew it turned into a pig and she had said  'If you're going to turn into a pig, my dear,' said Alice, seriously, 'I'll have nothing more to do with you. Mind now!' I also have questioned this chapter because when looking at the Victorian era I have noticed the women at a lot differently towards motherhood. They had seen motherhood as “an affirmation of their identity.” I was questioning this because the Duchess had acted like she hated her baby. This chapter can relate to 2016 because if two parents work all the time they could be neglecting their child just like the Duchess.

Kaurie:

I think chapter 6 also relates to an old man because the cat is very wise. He leads Alice into her next journey and gives her information on both directions. The cat explains how both the Hatter and the March Hare are mad. The cat explains that Alice is mad for coming to this entire place. The cat was more than willing to help Alice but with warning. Looking at the way the Duchess treats her baby, I think it can relate to the Victorian Era in which moms during that time, were very strict. The Duchess was very violent and loud. She had a very nasty attitude towards a baby that could not help but cry. In the Victorian era there daughters had to look a certain way, dress a certain way, act a certain way. If not, they could get into trouble. The baby could even relate to a young girl because of the baby’s’ innocence. Babies can not talk about their feelings because they are too young. They are small and can only express themselves through facial expressions. The baby shows it’s innocence to Alice as the baby did nothing wrong in the first place. This chapter can relate to 2016 because the Duchess can be portrayed as a mother on drugs. Mothers like this do not care what they do or what happens.

Abrams, L. (n.d.). Ideals of Womanhood in Victorian Britain. Retrieved April 20, 2016, from http://www.slps.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=27607

Chapter 5

1) Be aware of your surroundings

Alice is very clueless to what is going on around her. When she becomes very large, she scares the pigeon.

2)Hold your temper

Alice becomes very angry with the caterpillar because she did not like the caterpillar's short remarks to her questions.

3) Think before you act

Alice decides to eat one side of the mushroom which, made her larger than normal. A bird mistaken her for a serpent.

4) One side will make you bigger, one side will make you smaller

In the fourth chapter, one side of the mushroom makes you smaller and the other side of the mushroom makes you larger.

The fifth chapter is a very interesting chapter. In the fifth chapter of Alice’s  Adventures In Wonderland, Alice comes across a caterpillar that is smoking hookah on top of a mushroom. Alice tries to talk to the caterpillar but soon becomes frustrated by the caterpillar's short remarks and questions. Alice talks about her changes and explains that she does not really know who she is anymore. The caterpillar asks about Alice’s size and tells Alice that one side of the mushroom will make her larger and the other side will make her smaller. Alice was confused on what the caterpillar meant by that. The caterpillar caught an attitude and went away. Alice took a bite out of one side of  the mushroom and grew very large. A pigeon came along and mistakened Alice for a serpent. She then becomes very scared and tells the pigeon that she is not a serpent. Alice takes a bite out of the mushroom which then, makes Alice her normal height again. Alice goes into the woods and comes across a house.

Chapter #4

           
   The fourth chapter of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is about her going to see the rabbit. When she meets the rabbit, he mistakes her for Mary Ann, his housemaid. Alice followed his instructions even though they were not for her. She went to get the gloves that the rabbit was asking for, but along the way she drank a potion and grew four times her size. The rabbit tried to help Alice, by sending people in, and then they eventually threw rocks at her that turned into cakes. After eating the cakes, she grew smaller than she was originally. Alice went to hide in the woods from the rabbit, where she found a puppy and played with it.

Chapter #4 relates to the different types of sentences because Alice is like a simple sentence. A simple sentence has less information in it, less mature,smaller, and average. This representation of Alice shows that she is not as mature as she could be when she goes through all these changes. Alice can also be related to a dependent sentence because she usually needs direction from someone else, she follows the rabbit even though she does not know him, or what he is doing. Alice is young, naive and clueless to her surroundings and towards the rabbit. The puppy could be related to the number one because it is by itself. Towards the end of this chapter, the puppy becomes the main focus and it seems to appear out of nowhere with no owner.

Chapter #3

In chapter three of The  Adventures of Alice, Alice was  in an ocean of her own tears. When Alice was swimming in her tears she followed the other animals to an island where they ran around in circles to dry off in a caucus race.  After they finished running, they all got a prize from Alice and Alice got one herself. I feel that this part of the story relates to the meme because Alice is swimming in an ocean of her own tears and it would be helpful to have a boat. The water from her tears represents change in which Alice is feeling desperate and depressed. I find the picture relatable in two parts, one that it is related to her crying, but also to the caucus race. The caucus race relates to politics and how people used to come into a cabal which is when a group of people come together secretly. This relates to 2016 because in an election they run a caucus race to see who wins, but in the story no one really wins the race, everyone does. In Chapter #3, they also all had left Alice when she had started to talk about her cat at home. The animals took their children home and then after that Alice hears footsteps suspected to be the mouse. I think this relates to 2016 because, when people dislike something they try to avoid it. It reminds me of how parents had acted in movies about the homeless, they would pull their children closer and then try to walk past them like they weren’t there. Alice is one person which shows that she is by herself and that she is the only human in the story so far.

Chapter 2

In the second chapter of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice becomes lonely and desperate because she has no one around her to ask for help. She begins to cry and create a pool of tears. Alice does not know who she is and is seeking to find herself as a person. Nowadays, people tend to fall into depression very quickly. When you think about depression you most likely will think of your emotional problems. People may even have physical pain and anxiety. In the story, Alice is very very sad and can not help but feel hopeless. It also relates to a teenage girl going through puberty when they go through different emotion switches. When Alice was in the room she started crying over things that make no sense at all. This relates because teenagers usually start crying over the most dumbest things like if they drop the last chip on the floor because their emotions are unstable. When she was talking to the mouse she was really upset when the mouse didn’t want to talk to her. I feel this relates to a teen because when they are with friends they always want to know that they want to talk to them and they always try to know what’s wrong with them. Gray represents sadness so the connection between Alice being upset, depression, and a regular teenage girl, helps you realize that Alice is in a similar state. White represents the rabbit which shows its  purity and innocence.

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