Summary Of The Novel 'Down The Rabbit Hole'

Before reading

I chose this book because I’ve seen a film version of it, and because I liked the movie I thought it would be a nice book to read. I also picked it because it seemed easier to just pick a book that was on Moodle, so I could be sure that it would be okay to use it. My expectations were not very high because it is a pretty old book and I never really like old books.

Summary

Chapter one – Down the Rabbit Hole

A little girl named Alice and her sister were sitting on a bank when Alice saw a white rabbit with pink eyes running close by her. At first, she didn’t think much of it, but when it took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket she realised this wasn’t natural and she ran after it. She saw the rabbit disappear into a hole under the hedge and jumped right after it. After a very long fall, she ended up in a dark hall with a table and a tiny golden key on top of it. The key belonged to a tiny door but she knew she would never fit through. Then she found a bottle labelled with the words ‘DRINK ME’. When she took a sip it appeared to be a shrinking potion and she shrunk until

She could easily reach for the key now but then again, she was too tall to go through the door. Out of frustration, she started to cry. The white rabbit reappears in a hurry, drops a fan and white gloves and moves on. Alice picks up the fan and starts fanning herself. It took her a while to notice that she was shrinking again and she dropped the fan before she would completely disappear. The key is out of reach again and she falls into a pool of water, that has been made from her tears. Alice comes across a mouse, which she offended a couple of times by talking about her cat. Alice asked the mouse why it hated cats and dogs so much, so the mouse promised her to tell her a sad story once they reach the shore. Not much later she noticed a couple of other creatures in the water behind them and together they swam to the shore of the pool of