In the beginning of the story, Alice leaves her ordinary world and falls down a rabbit hole. This marks the beginning of a road of strange adventures ahead of her. The adventure begins with Alice and her sister, sitting by the riverbank. The rabbit was muttering something to itself and Alice was curious. Then, the rabbit went down a rabbit hole and “In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.” (2-4) Falling down the rabbit hole, she notices that “the rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way”. Here, the rabbit hole is a symbol which represents the one way path that Alice will be venturing on. The fact that she has no way to come back up is like change. When people …show more content…
One character which stands out the most is the mad hatter. She approaches the mad hatter during his tea party. Almost immediately it becomes clear to her that he, along with his companions (the Dormouse and the March Hare), are insane. Because of this, she begins to lose her patience and when Alice is finally asked a question about her opinion, she says, “‘Really, now you ask me, [...]I don’t think-.’” To which the mad hatter interrupts “‘Then you shouldn’t talk,’ said the Hatter. This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in disgust, and walked off [...]’” The mood is tense at this point, because it is evident that she is losing her patience. In another occasion, while she was in a tight spot, she thinks “‘It was much pleasanter at home,[...] when one wasn’t always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered around by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn’t gone down that rabbit-hole-and yet-and yet-it’s rather curious, you know, this sort of life!...’”(26) Alice is at this point missing her home when things were much more ‘normal’, which is just like someone who is going through puberty would miss being a
What happens when you open a book? Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic novel that discusses what society would be like in the 21 century. Books were banned because of the knowledge they gave people, the people who were not the brightest were jealous and angry with the people who were intelligent. The head leaders and the people in charge decided to burn the books with fire and get rid of all knowledge. The symbolic themes include books being the source of knowledge, how fire represents destruction, and the outcasts enable the rebirth a nation.
Semester One Final Prompt 1 I believe that when Montag was at the climax of his rage and holding a flamethrower to Beatty and threatening to kill him Beatty continued to insult him and then asked Guy to hand the flamethrower over he didn’t want to die. Though Beatty was insulting Montag even though he was being held at gunpoint when Beatty started talking about himself and then insulting Montag’s literature knowledge and asking for him to give the flamethrower back he proved that he really didn’t want to die. One of the key things that Beatty said to Montag was that “There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am armed so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not! How's that? Go ahead now you second-hand
Fahrenheit 451 Every so often people express a desire to be left alone and not bothered, except in fact people do need to be bothered. If no one in the world was bothered then it would be all about security and happiness, and then no one would know how to do the things they know how to do in today 's world. The world wouldn 't be the same if no one got bothered.
John Steinbeck believes in the book “of mice and men” that, we as humans cannot comprehend when we don’t feel a sense of lost somewhere in the world, because having this loss gives us an emotional feeling that releases anger and rage on yourself and others. In the introduction “Of Mice and Men” this theme is used a lot when they come running out of Weed. A lots of understanding broke on Lennie's face. “ They run us out of weed,” he exploded triumphantly.
Snow White Journal In my opinion, there is no Snow White “version” that I actually enjoyed. Every single one we talked and read about in class has their own flaws that mostly affect and “hit” the women reading these tales. Snow White is portrayed as this beautiful girl and that’s all she’s meant to be.
Grade 7 ELA Dialectical Journal Name: Gloria Parra-Diaz The Outsiders Chapters: _______________ Directions: Complete this reader response log while reading The Outsiders (both in class and while you read independently). This format will guide you through the reading & thinking process to help develop your ideas and express them on paper so that you can better participate in the discussion board with your team. Big Idea: Societal structure has the power to promote or limit freedom, choice, and desire.
The protagonist in this story is Jim Hawkins, who is twelve or thirteen years old. On the beginning, he lives with his parents in a inn. He can be very courageous, like when he was gone back to the ship, when they were in Treasure Island. [quote: chapter 27, Pieces of Eight, page 250]: “I went below and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal and still bled freely, but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm. Then I looked around me, and as the ship was now, in a sense, my own, I began to think of clearing it from its last passenger—the dead man, O’Brien.
1) Thoreau is a quite unusual guy that wants to be isolated from civilization/human society due to the reasons that he believes should be obtained by every civilian. Thoreau wants to move to a place away from people but a place where there is nature around. Wild nature that isn’t touched by humans and that they would make. Thoreau wants to leave human society because he believes that there is something wrong with civilization for him. He believes that the world is moving too fast, and technology is growing faster.
What does this passage make you think of or remember? Personally, this passage reminds me a lot of Farenheit 451. I see notable parallels between the conditions of Willy Loman and Guy Montag. In the chapters leading up to the revelation of all the secret books he had been keeping and his eventual departure from home and his wife in Farenheit 451, Guy Montag can be shown growing increasingly displeased with his current situation.
“Nervous?” “Very,” Adam replies honestly. “Will I be alright on my own?” Adam asks.
Quotation: “Last night I thought about all that kerosene I’ve used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper.
Fahrenheit Book Burner In the book Fahrenheit 451 firemen burn houses instead of putting fires out ,and the author Rad Bradbury includes how technology is “Taking over the Economy”. Firemen are the policemen of the future world ,and some humans have made mistakes by hiding books. The author reveals throughout the novel how montag goes through transformation and how he changes.
1) In this quote, the term being used is metaphor because Life and Game are two completely different things but they are being compared to each other like if they are similar. 2) I think the author’s purpose for using this term is that he explains that Holden feels alone because he doesn’t feel like he is winning. 3) This quote revolves around the overall theme because it shows that Holden is isolated from everybody around him. 4) • I really like this dislike this idea because Holden is wrong you need to play according to the rules to win not be on the winning side. • I think this idea seems important because it is an inspiration quote to live by even though Holden doesn’t believe it; this is how life goes it is in reality.
Alice in Wonderland Societal Reading Victorian society demanded a specific role of civilians with strict expectations they always adhere to. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, more commonly recognised by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, is one author who questioned these expectations through the use of satire within his text Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Satirizing the rule and conventions of Victorian society is one manner in which Carroll subverts the nature of this time period by drawing specific attention to the worst aspects and proving how ridiculous they truly are.
Alice’s reaction to seeing a rabbit in a waistcoat in the book is described as this “Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it” (Carroll, FIND THE PAGE NUMBER). Alice’s