Alice keeps interupting the dormouse because his story is not maintaining a steady pace and she wants to question him.The roses were painted because the queen wanted red roses and the workers were trying to avoid there head from being chopped off. The queen is in charge of wonderland, she is always bossing everyone in wonderland around. The queen has everyone beheaded for mistakes because she has authority over all of the people and she needs for people to know it.

The March Hare didn’t want Alice to join the party, because they all said that there was no room at the table and she wasn’t invited any how. They were painting the roses because the Queen wanted a red rose tree but the King told them to plant a white one to make the Queen mad but the Queen would have their heads cut off if they didn’t do it right. No the dormouse is not the same dormouse from the second chapter because his story is not the same has the other one and the other dormouse didn’t fall asleep all the time. Alice keeps on interrupting the dormouse’s story because she wants to know what the three sisters live on at the bottom of the treacle- well. The treacle-well would look like a well but instead of water it would have golden molassas. She is a very curious little thing. The Cheshire cat is portrayed in disappearing fashion on the cover of the book because in the story he can disappear and reappear when he wants. Also he can disappear but still be there, you won’t see him but you can hear him.

To begin with for my first response, the reason Alice was interrupting the dormouses story was because she was a child. The writer was attempting to portray the way in which a child can ask an immense amount of questions and make an over ran attempt at rationalizing every possible aspect of life.

Secondly the reason the queen was hyperactively executing people was a dramatization by the author that was meant to show the inherent reaction by people to point blame, scrutinize and punish. This is also why the queen was so concurrently angry, she had become stressed out from the continual push her psyche had to blame and persecute all who she believed had crossed her, transferring her paranoia into anger.

Lastly i don't believe Alice has decided whether she wants to escape or not. shes currently in a somewhat "flux" of reality where she doesent really know what shes doing or who she is, so until she truly does and reaches a level plane with reality again she will not have decided whether she truly wishes to leave.

Alice keeps interrupting the dormouse’s story because she wanted to know what the three sisters lived on in the bottom of a well and she finds it interesting to ask questions. If the March Hare wanted Alice to join the party he would have invited her to join the tea party. The Queen beheads everyone who makes mistakes because she has authority over everyone. If you make her mad or make a mistake she can choose to have you beheaded so she doesn’t have to deal with you anymore. The gardeners had to paint the roses to keep from being beheaded because they accidentally planted white roses. I don’t think Alice is trying very hard to escape. She was trying harder to find the garden again than trying to find a way out.

So why does Alice keep interrupting the dormouse story? Well my opinion is that she wanted everything to be right. She didn’t want the story to have any flaws or any meanings that shouldn’t be used. Also going on at the tea party. Why does the hatter drop his watch in the butter? He never does he dips it in his tea and says “that’s the best butter we I ever had.” I think the reason that Alice wanted to play the queen is to bet her show her she isn’t better then everyone. This also why the queen makes her croquet players disorganized so that they can win easer. The queen beheads everyone to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

The March Hare did not want Alice to join the party because she sat down anyway without being invited to the party. She really did not care what the March Hare said. She is nosy about everything so she does what she wants. They painted the roses because they weren’t the right color so the queen was going to cut there heads off if they didn’t paint them a different color. She had to have everything perfect or there would be trouble. The Hatter makes a poem about a bat because he is wondering were they are at. The Dormouse’s story was about three little sisters that lived in a treacle-well.The real reason the March Hare did not want Alice for tea because she sat down anyway and she wasn’t invited and did not ask to be here. The poem did not tell them where they were. A Treacle- Well is a well with golden molasses in it instead of water.

. I think that the cards were painting the roses b/c the planted the wrong color and since the queen they wanted the roses to be perfect so that they wouldn’t be decapitated. Alice played croquet with the chance of being beheaded b/c if she didn’t play there would still be a chance of being beheaded. I think that the Queen is mean b/c she’s the queen. She is the ruler of the deck of cards. I don’t know why she wants to decapitate everyone though. I think the Cheshire cat is portrayed in a disappearing fashion on the cover of the book b/c that’s his trademark, appearing and disappearing. I also think that the Cheshire cat is a friend of Alice’s or at least she thinks that it’s her friend. this is the link for my pics. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.carmelart.org/artists_pages/holt/queen_of_hearts.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.carmelart.org/artists_pages/holt/holt.html&h=303&w=250&sz=27&hl=en&start=12&tbnid=LZYtaZl0S-vTYM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=96&prev=/images%3Fq%3DQueen%2Bof%2BHearts%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den

Alice was interrupting the dormouse’s story because she doesn’t understand any of it, so she kept asking questions that would help her understand the story better. The queen doesn’t behead everyone she meets, just the ones that make her mad. They are painting the white roses red because that king told them to plant white roses, but the queen doesn’t like white roses. The dormouse’s story was about three sisters that live in a treacle well that like to paint. I think that a treacle well is a well that is full of golden molasses. The cat on the cover is portrayed in a disappearing fashion because it is always disappearing.

The reason that the queens men are painting the roses is because they planted the wrong color rose tree so now they must paint them a different color so they wont get beheaded. Yes the Queen is completely in charge of wonderland because she orders everyone around even the king. The reason the cat on the book cover is portrayed in a disappearing fashion because everything in the book is like the cat, disappearing its constantly revolving through-out the story and for the most part never reappearing. The reason that the queen beheads everyone is because she is power hungry and likes to have complete control over everything. Finely the reason that the Hatter puts his watch in the butter is to lubricate the watch works so that they would run smoother, providing a more accurate time.

The March hare did not want Alice to join them for tea because she sat down at the table uninvited. Treacle is a golden molasses substance. A treacle-well would produce treacle, which is golden molasses. The Dormouse’s story was about three little sisters who lived in a treacle-well. The workers paint the roses because the roses are white and the Queen ordered red, if the workers painted them they would save themselves from getting beheaded. Alice kept interrupting the dormouse’s story because she didn’t understand it and she interrupted to ask the dormouse questions.

When Alice meets the dormouse the mad hatter and the March hare have the dormouse tell a story. Well throughout the story Alice keeps interrupting the dormouse with questions on the illogical parts in his story. When the March Hare didn't want Alice to join they're tea time he didn't think that was enough room. Due to the closeness they were sitting together. The raven is nothing like a desk. If the person who asked this question would of thoroughly read the chapter they would have known that they didn't know either. The reason the roses were painted is because the queen wanted red roses. So the workers were trying to save themselves from being beheaded.

The # 2,5, and 7 are painting because the rose bush was red but they end up putting white flowers in. So they painted the flowers, because the queen wouldn't have to cut off their heads. Why is the queen so mean? I think is because she has to look mean to keep up here reputation. I think the cat is a friend. I think the cat is lonely and wants to have a friend. Why did the hatter put his watch in the butter? The hatter does not put his watch in the butter but in the tea and says " this is the best butter I ever had." Why does the Hatter make a poem about a bat? The Hatter makes a poem about the bats because he is a crazy little person and forgot the poem of twinkle, twinkle, little star. So he floated his way through the poem.

The reason # 5,2, and 7 were painting the roses is they accidentally planted a white rose-tree. The queen wanted a red rose-tree and not a white rose-tree. So they were painting the rose tree so she would not find out and behead them. I think Alice keeps interrupting the dormouse's is she is interested in all the fax of the story. She wants to know every little detail. nThe reason the March Hare did not won't her to join the party is they had a system going on. When they wont some new dishes they just move on down the table. I think the Queen beheads every one who makes mistakes cause she thinks there is no time for mistakes. The reason the Hatter made a poem about a bat is the Queen wanted him to sing the song twinkle twinkle little star, but he is crazy and did not know the lyrics so he turned it into twinkle twinkle little bat.

The March Hare did not want Alice to join the party because he thought it to be uncivil to sit at an occupied table without an invitation. Although there was a chance of being beheaded, Alice possibly played the game of croquet in order to speak with someone else on her quest for knowledge about Wonderland. If you look at how the Queen of Hearts is, perhaps Alice played the game of croquet in hopes that if she participated, she would not get beheaded. I believe there could be an array of answers to that question. The reason why the cards were painting the roses is because they were not red and they needed to be in order for them [the cards] to keep their heads. The croquet game is played in a disorganized manner because the inhabitants of Wonderland are mad. In fact, I think that Wonderland itself is just a mad world. The cat on the cover of the book is portrayed in a disappearing fashion because it is the Cheshire Cat and he has the ability to disappear. I think the Cheshire Cat is on the cover of the book because he may play a bigger role toward the end of the story. Though I do not know for sure.

A Hookah, a Duchess, & a Cheshire Cat

The reason that the cook is throwing things is because she's mad at the world and is releasing some of her stress. The reason that there is a hookah in a children's story is because the author commonly smoked opium out of a hookah so its just natural for him to include it in his story and when the book was written it was a common occurrence for people to use a hookah. Alice ate the mushroom because the caterpillar told her to if she wanted to grow. Alice drinks from the bottle that says "Drink Me" because it says "Drink Me".

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They didn't want Alice to join their tea party because they didn’t invite her and she is constantly asking questions and sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong. The dormouse’s story was about three sisters that lived in the bottom of a treacle well. A treacle well was thought to be an antidote to poisons. Treacle or molassas was also used for sore throats or colds. It must be a liquid possibly a thick one! Alice kept interrupting the dormouse’s story because she is a young girl that is curious about everything. She didn’t understand half of what he was saying because none of it made any sense. There was no such thing as treacle well and they would always be ill and one day die living in one. The Hatter put his watch in the butter to oil it. Although there wasn’t any need to since time stays the same for him because its always tea time! This is a picture i found of a treacle well!

The reason Alice interrupts the dormouse's story is because she wants him to get to the main point of the story and stop beating around the bush.The cat in my opinion is neither a friend or a foe it just appears when its most crucial for Alice and all that the cat does is say riddles and puns to herto make Alice more confused and criouse. The reason he puts his watch in the butter is because it stops working. The reason that the Queen is so mad all the time and beheads everyone who steps one inch out of line is she is the Queen of Wonderland and wants everybody to know it.Perhaps when she was a kid everyone made fun of her and now she is really insecure and the only way she makes it
through the day is by making everyone scared of her.

The Dormouse's story was about three sisters: Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie and where they lived at the bottom of a treacle well. The point of painting roses would be that the Queens men planted white roses instead of red ones and had to fix the problem because the Queen sees red roses as a symbol of power . Yes the Queen is in charge of Wonderland because she tells even the King what to do in this chapter. The riddle of how the raven is like a writing desk simply has no answer. The portrayal of the cat slowly fading away on the cover of the book is to show how everything that goes on in the book is happening but at the same time it isn't to some because the things that happen in the story are not logical or believable. A treacle-well is a well that contains a syrup/mollases in it. The author puts the riddle about the raven being like a writing desk in the story to make people simply think a little more.

Alice says to the caterpillar that she is not herself because she keeps changing sizes with every bite she takes from the mushroom, whether it be taller or shorter. They have a hookah in a childrens story because it fits with everything that goes on in the story and 9 out of 10 children will not even know what a hookah is or what it is used for. Alice eats the mushroom because she needed to change her size back to normal or shorter rather than being extremely tall. Alice would drink from a bottle that says "drink me" because she is curious and since it wasn't poison she thought it would be fun and adventureous.

A Mad Tea Party, Let's Play Croquet!

I want to congratulate the class for the overall effort put into your posts. Some of you seem to be enjoying AAIW. Remain vigilant about watching your spelling and grammatical structures. For the few of you whom do dot have your posts up to date, I have created an assignments link at the top of our page. You need to get caught up if you are behind. Each of these two chapter assignments are worth thirty points. In addition, the questions you generate and turn in are worth a possible ten points.

Here is a list of common questions. For today, answer at least four of the following questions:

1. Why does Alice keep interrupting the dormouse's story?
2. How would a raven be like a writing desk?
3. Why didn't the March Hare want Alice to join the party?
4. Why does the Queen behead evryone who makes a mistake?
5. Why would Alice want to play the croquet when there is a chance of being beheaded?
6. Why paint roses?
7. Why is the queen so mean?
8. Is the dormouse the same dormouse from Chapter 2? How do you know?
9. Does Alice really want to escape?
10. What is treacle and what would a treacle-well produce?well?
11. Why does the Hatter make a poem about a bat?
12. Why do the croquet players play in a disorganized fashion?
13. Why does the Hatter put his watch in the butter?
14. What was the Dormouse's story about?
15. Is the Queen the one in charge of Wonderland? Explain.
16. Is the Cheshire Cat a friend or foe of Alice's?
17. Why is the cat on the cover of the book portrayed in a disappearing fashion?

Your post is due today. Feel free to use the chapter summary link if you should want.
Keep up the good work.

Alice says she is not herself because she doesn't know everything that is going on since she has been following the rabbit around. Hatters are people that make felt hats. Alice wants to eat the mushroom because she wants to get back to who she was before. by maybe if she eats the mushroom she will accomplish her goal by getting taller. Alice drinks from a bottle that says 'Drink Me," on it because she is curious about everything that is going on around her. She has to know what is goes on.