When I first found out that Alice in Wonderland would be one of the stories that we would be reading this semester for children's literature I was excited. When I read the first six chapters it was a fairly easy read, enjoyable for the most part, and brought back childhood memories. I never read this story as a child, but I did see the movie at least once or twice. After reading the last six chapters of the story, I found it much harder to read and understand all what was going on. And when I got to the end and found out that it was all a dream (or was it real?), I was disappointed. However, it did kind of make since for Wonderland to be all part of a dream because so much nonsense and peculiar things occurred. After discussing all the different aspects, ideas, symbols, motifs, etc. found in this story; I felt like the story of Alice and Wonderland I knew as a child became diminished. In fact, I don't really care for the story so much anymore.
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