Reading Diary A: Alice in Wonderland

This week I read the first half of the Alice in Wonderland unit! I much liked it, and much liked the way it was written. It was pleasant to all be one flowy story, and led to my reading through it with little to no effort. I found it more than enjoyable! I also thought it odd that there would be random words capitalized, but then again I do not see a reason why they shouldn't be. Overall, it was VERY entertaining, and I'd like to share my favorite quotes from the reading here:

'Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar.
This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, 'I — I hardly know, sir, just at present — at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'

This is from the Advice From A Caterpillar Part 1 whenever Alice first crosses paths with the silly creature.  I fell in love with this quote the same way Alice fell down the rabbit-hole. I am a huge believer in the idea that change doesn't usually happen at one time. For instance, who I am one year is merely the sum of who I became every day of the previous year. This is why I like Alice's quote! She doesn't know who she is because it has already changed for the day!

I also like the quote when she was talking to the cheshire cat in Pig and Pepper Part 3, and she was asking where she should go:

'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'

I just like this because it's true! I feel like sometimes I should be in Wonderland because I am mad!

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