The Lobster Quadrille is a 4 stage dance done with lobsters by the edge of the sea. The first figure in the dance means that it is the first stage of the dance or steps. The mock turtle thinks soup is beautiful because there is a soup named after him. The gryphon and mock turtle are arguing because they can not agree on anything about how to do the dance. Alice stops finishing her sentence because she is about to talk bout lobsters being ate at dinner in front of live lobsters

A lobster quadrille is a dance. Lobsters dance like a square dance but in circles. The lobster sings the song very slowly and sadly. The Mock Turtle is crying because he doesn't know the words to the song and the song is very sad and would make anyone cry. The Mock Turtle cries every time they sing the song very slowly and sadly, it reminds the Turtle of his live how he feel dead inside. They are singing because it is a form of expression that show who you are. It also describes your personality with the lyrics. Alice has so much trouble remembering things because everything is coming at her so fast. It takes time to read the story but everything in the story is happening every minute to an hour. The reason for repeating all the words is it is a song and every song has a part that repeat over and over again. Their is very few songs I know that don't repeat a part of a song more then once.

The lobster quadrille is a dance. You first get into a line along the sea-shore. Then someone has to move twice, set partners and change lobsters and then retire in the same order. You then have to throw the lobster out into the sea and then go swim after them. There are two lines in the lobster quadrille dance. Each line consists of seals, turtles and salmon. The Mock Turtle is crying because he is upset that he can’t understand the meaning of what Alice recites. He says she should stop reciting if she can not explain the meaning as she recites. The Mock-Turtle and the Gryphon are singing to Alice because she is confused about the dance.

The Lobster Quadrille was dance taught under the ocean where the griffin and the mock turtle went to school. In my opinion the lobster quadrille was a symbol of the way some people believe the school systems have went. It was a sign of pointless activitys some believe get taught, now in my own safety seen as how the “powers at be” read over the posts we make this is not necessarily my beliefs.

The reason Alice has such a problem remembering things also falls into the opinions some have about school systems in general. By the time she has been away from school for some while she has already forgotten the things she learned. And like I said in the last paragraph this is not necessarily how I view things but merely an interpretation I have of what the author may have thought.

Now the reason the turtle and the gryphon were fighting over something as miniscule and pointless as a dance was symbolism of the ignorant and pointless things that we as people sometimes fight over. Ignorance powers greed and the need to be right, which was obviously the case between these to, there ignorance drove them to being determined to be right.

And the reason that Alice was careful not to finish her sentence was out of her fear of offending the creatures. Her sentence was going to finish in “dinner” but she was smart enough to realize that if she said that it would greatly offend the creatures. Which as jumbled up as this alternate reality is who can say it cant turn violent under the wrong offenses.

A lobster-quadrille is a form of dance done by the creatures of the sea. It involves throwing lobsters into the sea and going after them and doing all sorts of movements by the sea shore. There are two lines formed during the process of the lobster-quadrille. The Mock Turtle seems to cry a lot. It said in the last chapter, The Mock Turtle's Story, the Mock Turtle says that he is crying because of uglification. The "first figure" is the name of the first part of the dance known in Wonderland as the lobster-quadrille. There must be an array of parts in the dance. Alice does not finish the sentence when she says, "I've often seen them at dinn--", because she probably did not want to offend the gryphon and the Mock Turtle by saying that she eats lobsters. Seeing as how everyone is mad in Wonderland, it might be a good thing that Alice is beginning to watch what she says. The creatures and peoples of Wonderland are very unpredictable.

The lobster-quadrille is a dance that you form two lines along the sea shore and each person has a lobster as there partner, but first you have to clear all of the jelly-fish out of the way. In the lobster-quadrille there are two lines formed. Alice stopped in the middle of her sentence when she said “I’ve often seen them at dinn----,” because she was getting ready to say dinner when she realized she was talking to animals which they might take it offensively. The use of repeating all the words is part of the song. The mock turtle is crying because he lost something.

All of them were singing the song because Alice did not understand it and they needed to sing it for her so she would understand it better. The lobster-quadrille is a line-dance and the Mock Turtle said in the dance the partner is a lobster and that is why its named lobster-quadrille. In the Lobster-quadrille-line-dance they form two lines. The Mock Turtle is crying because he says there is no more to do in life, he miss being in school and he has no friends and he wants to go back to school to be with his friends and learn something new. Alice is having so much trouble remembering things because she has been tall, short, and everything else under the sun, and that is why she cant remembering anything. The Mock Turtle is also sad because of Alice, she cant remember anything and that bothers the Mock Turtle.

The Mock Turtle is crying because he lost something. It makes him sad to lose things. Alice is having trouble remembering things because Wonderland makes them crazy, because wonderland is like physco. They keep repeating the words because its a song and there is always some part that is repeated in the song. The Mock Turtle thinks that Mock Turtle soup is beautiful because he thinks that Mock Turtles are beautiful. The Mock Turtle and the Gryphon were arguing about the dance because they both thought they were right, just like everyone else argues for.

Lobster-Quadrille is a dance involving lobsters. You form two lines mixed with many animals. During this dance they sing to help them. The reason Mock Turtle and Gryphon were arguing because they were adding parts to each other story trying to correct them. Cause the song was bringing back memories.

The lobster quadrille is a dance that the Mock Turtle and the Griffin do. Alice is asked if she had ever met a lobster and saying no( while actually eating one before) the Mock Turtle and the Griffin decide to show Alice the dance. When does Alice say " I've often seen them a dinn---". The reason they are singing is so they can dance to the words like they're supposed to. The first figure means that its the first part of the dance.

The lobster quadrille is a dance. You first get into a line along the sea-shore. Then someone has to move twice, set partners and change lobsters and then retire in the same order. You then have to throw the lobster out into the sea and then go swim after them. There are two lines in the lobster quadrille dance. Each line consists of seals, turtles and salmon. The Mock Turtle is crying because he is upset that he can’t understand the meaning of what Alice recites. He says she should stop reciting if she can not explain the meaning as she recites. The Mock-Turtle and the Gryphon are singing to Alice because she is confused about the dance.

A lobster-quadrille is a type of dance that they do at there school. I think that the lobster-quadrille is actually standing for some one getting discipline. The reason i think the mock turtle is crying is cause he is all alone and has nobody to talk to. The reason they are singing is so Alice can hear what the song sounds like. Cause she does not know what a Lobster-quadrille is. I think Alice is having a problem remembering things is cause she has been away from real life so long.The reason they are fighting about the dance is cause one does not remember the dance and the other one does. But they don't agree with each other on the dance.

A lobster-quadrille is a dance that the turtle did with lobsters composed of five sections and four couples. There are two lines that consist of a lobster and a person per couple. They are singing the first figure of the lobster quadrille and the first figure also means the dance that they do in a quadrille. Alice doesn’t finish her sentence because before in wonderland when she talked about eating animals she alienated whomever she was talking to.

A Lobster-Quadrille is a dance. The dance is preformed in two lines along side the sea shore, after all of the jelly-fish have been removed from the dance area. The reason that the gryphon and the mock turtle are arguing over a dance is because they both think that they are right so they fight and fight and fight and accomplish NOTHING. The reason that they are singing is because they are demonstrating the Lobster-Quadrille to Alice and it must be accompanied by song. Alice does not finish the sentance when she says, "I've often seen them at dinn ----"? because she is talking about lobsters in front of other live lobsters.

What the Heck is a Lobster-Quadrille?

Your posts are getting better by the day. For the most part anyway. Keep up your effort.

Today I want you to post your five responses to your choice of five questions.

1. What is a lobster-quadrille?
2. What does, "I must sugar in my hair" mean?
3. How many lines are formed in the lobster-quadrille?
4. Why is the Mock Turtle crying?
5. Why are they singing?
6. What does the "first figure" mean?
7. Who do whitings make shoes under the sea for and why?
8. Why is Alice having so much trouble remembering things?
9. What is the use of repeating all the words?
10. Why does the Mock Turtle think soup is beautiful?
11. Why are the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon arguing over a dance?
12. Why does Alice not finish the sentence when she says, "I've often seen them at dinn ----"?
    

Uglification? If you ask me, Uglification has its roots in something no one has mentioned
Do you remember the three R'? Reading, Riting, and Rithmetic? The Mock Turtle describes them as Reeling, Writhing, and Arithmetic. Then he goes on to describe the four branches of Arithmetic as Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Could those be metaphors for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division?

What do you think?

The reason that Alice is holding a flamingo is because it is her croquet mallet. She was playing the game which is very confusing. The reason Alice says she has the right to think is because everybody has the right to think. There is a mustard mine because the mustard is a vegtable which is a mineral for them. The gryphon is a cross between a eagle and a lion. There are many myths of where they come from. So my answer would be a egg. The reason someone would want to learn Uglification is because to know what ugly is and to make ugly.

Alright, first of all the reason Alice says she has a right to think baselines down to one of the original struggles of mankind. People are always struggling for freedom, whether freedom of speech, creativity or life it all comes down to the same principals. The thoughts we have are and should be personal and should not be able to be forcibly changed by any other outside source. We have the right to change, alter or re percept our thoughts in what ever way we deem necessary, in lay mans terms we all have the right to think.

The sentence “take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves” comes down to the rationalization that if you eliminate the realization of a problem, the problem will fix itself. This rationalization (however flawed it may or may not be) is a core instinctual thought to people under many circumstances.

The purpose of Alice mentioning the mustard mine was nothing more than a test to the duchesses true loyalty to Alice, or if the duchess was just a “yes-man”. Alice knew good and well that there was no such thing as a mustard mine and she also knew that the duchess knew better than to believe in a mustard mine. Therefore when the duchess agreed to the existence of a mustard mine Alice knew that the duchess was full of it.

No the duchess is not a friend of Alice in my opinion. I believe she has some form of use for Alice and in order to achieve this she is befriending Alice. However at the same time I believe Alice is smart enough to realize the blatant deception the duchess is attempting to achieve.

Now back to the same basis as my first answer, the sentence “birds of a feather flock together” is another symbol of human psyche. Those who are the same will follow those who are also the same. Any one who can deny that this is a basis of human instinct needs only to look at high school cliques and music genres to prove themselves wrong.

There are a few questions from the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland that need answering. First, a mock turtle is an article of clothing that looked like what we call "turtle necks" yet it did not fold over on the collar. In the story, a mock turtle is what is used to make mock turtle soup. A gryphon is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle. It was believed to have been a divine creature with magical powers. Alice was holding a flamingo because flamingos were used as croquet mallets. Wonderland is full of madness and croquet is played just a little bit different than in our world. The gryphon went to the Classical master. He was a crab, so it would seem that the gryphon went to school underwater. It does not sound possible, but it is Wonderland. It seems that anything is possible there. Wonderland has the attributes of being an opposite world compared to ours and we all seem to spend all our time trying to beautify ourselves. In Wonderland, the peoples and creatures may strive to uglify themselves in order to be more popular or accepted. It would be a wonderful world to live in would it not?

GRYPHON OR GRIFFIN

the griffin is a rare mythological creature with the body of an lion and the wings and mask of an eagle. it was said to be an embodiment of light and carried the charateristics of both an eagle and a lion. it was said to be very ferocious an was used as the herald for many medieval crests. It was also a symbol for Christ, having two natures, both earthly and divine. for more info, heres my link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin

Alice says she has the right o think because she came from America were you do have the right to think. So she assumes it’s the same everywhere.she thinks pepper makes people get hot tempered is because its hot , and Alice comes along saying she can. Even know Alice made people mad, the Duchess were still her friends. The queen always yells off with your head cause they don’t listen to her or don’t obey the law and wants to put fear into them. The reason there heads never get cut off is cause she never does it her self or makes sure it happens and does happen some times its just mainly the king pardons them. This is also the meaning of Birds of a feather flock together is because the same people always stick together.

A mock turtle is a fictional character that Lewis Carroll made up.The pictures show a mock turtle as a mix between a turtle and a cow,the mock turtle is also a form of a turtle neck shirt.Alice was holding a flamingo because she is playing croquet and she is using the flamingo for the croquet mallet. By " birds of feather flock together," i think that they are trying to say people who have the same opinion or agree with one another stay together just like birds of feather.someone would like to learn uglification so they can disfigure things or make them ugly.a gryphon is an ancient creature with a head, talons, and wings of an eagle and the body style of a lion. the gryphon comes from legendary stories.

A mock turtle is a made out off half a cow and a mix of turtle. The head is made out of a cow, the body is made out of a turtle, and the tail is the cow again. Why does Alice have the right to think? I believe all women have no right to “think” or should have an opinion. Alice makes people or animals mad because, she asks questions about what they are saying. She has no respect for anyone and disturbs everyone while they talk. The Queen yells off with their head to show everyone that she is the top dog in the place. She needs to show that she is evil and will do anything but she stays at bay in tell someone pushes her over the edge. The reason Alice is holding a flamingo because she was playing croquet.

The mock turtle and the gryphon. The mock turtle is a depressed creature that looks like a cross between a pig and a turtle. It thinks alot about its younger years. A gryphon is a cross between an eagle and a lion. There are many myths about where they come from but the best answer is from an egg (coincidentally that's also where turtles come from). I think that the gryphon went to school with the mock turtle because they both seem to have simliar experiences. but maybe they're both crazy. They're both magical creatures, and besides, it's Wonderland! anything can happen.

The duchess and phrases. i think the Duchess was in a better temper once the pepper was gone. and she did seem kind of friendly while being imprissoned with Alice. but i don't think that she's Alice's friend, she's too irritating and odd. Maybe it's just her way of trying to make friends though. The Phrase "Birds of a feather flock together" means that creatures and people like to be around simliar, to themselves, creatures and people

Alice says that she has the right to think because she does, everybody has the right to think but most people don’t. Alice was holding a flamingo because in wonderland that's how they play croquet. They use the flamingos are used as the croquet stick thing. Alice thinks that pepper makes people hot tempered. She thinks that pepper makes people hot tempered because it is hot. The Duchess is Alice's friend when she is not around pepper. The morals that the Duchess cites fits into the story because they are just as crazy as the story is. Some people might want to learn uglification so they can make people ugly instead of pretty.

The Mock Turtle is a very melancholy character, it is thought because he used to be a real turtle. He tells Alice his history of going to school in the sea, but cannot understand the school system that Alice describes to him- least of all the poetry she recites. Ironically, she cannot understand it either. Alice was holding a flamingo because she was playing croquet with the flamingo. (She used the flamingo as a croquet mallet.) A mustard-mine is a mine that produces mustard which is a vegetable. (chapter 9) Birds of a Feather flock together means that people of the same clique or group stay together. People should learn uglification because they should know what ugly is and how to deal with uglification.

Alice was holding the flamingo because she was still playing the game of croquet with the Queen when the Duchess appeared and wanted to talk to her. The Duchess was talking to Alice because she is Alice's friend. She was telling her about morals and how fond she is of finding morals in things. The Duchess was talking about flamingos and mustard both bite and then the Duchess says the moral of that is Birds of a feather flock together. I think the Duchess just makes these morals up as she goes. The Queen says that a Mock Turtle is the thing that comes from Mock Turtle soup but in this case a Mock Turtle is a turtle that sits on a rock and pouts about itself all the time. A gryphon (griffin) is a fabulous beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. The griffin came from Northern Russia but the griffin wasnt a real creature it was a mythical creature that people started puting on the outside of buildings to keep away EVIL.

The reason that Alice says she has the right to think is cause everybody has the right to think. Everybody can think if they want to. Back in the day women were not supposed to speak unless spoken to. A half turtle and half cow is a fictional character that they called a mock turtle. Alice thinks that the reason that people are hot tempered is cause of the peeper. She thinks it is something in the peeper that makes people hot tempered. I think everybody is scared of the Queen cause she does say off with there head every time some one does something bad. Then they will never see the people again. But the king will never let her kill everybody cause there would be nobody left in there town. The reason the mock turtle is crying is he is all alone. The reason the turtle has all the sorrow is he never took the happy class.

The reason Alice is holding flamingo because it is her croquet mallet. The croquet game is a rather confusing game. They play without any order and the balls are live animals. It is just chaos. The reason someone would want to learn uglification is so they can uglify themselves or others. So they take the class. Well there isn't really a mustard mine. The duchess just keeps agreeing with Alice. Alice believes that pepper makes people hot tempered. i don't really know why she believes that it makes people hot tempered. Possibly it just makes them irritable. I don't really think that the duchess is Alice's friend in the sense that the Duchess just doesn't really seem to think for herself. All she did was agree with Alice and tell her the "morals" of what she said even though there weren't really any morals in anything that Alice said.

In response to the questions posted in the post "As Pigs Have to Fly". A mock turtle is what the people in wonderland make mock turtle soup out of. The reason that i believe Alice is holding onto the Flamingo is because she thinks that it is a beautiful bird and wishes to protect it from any harm. A gryphon is a mythical creature that comes from the imagination of all the people who believe that they have experienced its charm. The substance that Alice thinks makes people hot tempered is pepper because it makes people constantly sneeze and puff up their eyes and make there nose run so it puts them into a horrible mood. The reason that there is a mustard mine is because the wonderful citizens of wonderland must have mustard so they must get the mustard from someplace so they mine it.

In Chapter 10 of Alice in Wonderland Alice thinks that pepper is what makes people hot tempered just because pepper adds a hotness to foods. Alice is holding the flamingo because in the croquet game with the queen, the flamingo's are the sticks you hit the balls with. The phrase, "Birds of a feather flock together" means that things with characteristics that are similar go together. A mock turtle is a being with the body of a turle and the head, hooves and tail of a calf, or basically a being put together with body parts of everything used to make mock turtle soup.

In Chapter ten of Alice In wonderland She is holding a flamingo the reason she is holding the bird is because it was her croquet mallet. "Birds of a feather flock together" means that People are attracted to others who are like themselves, and it's the same thing with birds. The Dutchess is not really a friend or foe she is more of a mentor. A mock turtle is a turtle but really is not because it a "mock" turtle so kind of half a turtle. The reason the dutchess is preaching to Alice about morals is because there is always a moral to everything. no matter what you do there is always a moral. The reason that Alice thinks that pepper makes people hot is because pepper is hot and she thinks it transfers into peoples' emotion.

As Pigs Have to Fly

I hope you all enjoyed a nice weekend. Today you will post your answers to five of the following questions from the chapter "The Mock Turtles Story."

I am going to start grading your posts more rigidly. I expect you to be more thorough with your response to questions. If you write a single sentence for each response to a question, I will be taking away points. You all told me your responses would be better if we took the book one chapter at a time, so it's time to prove it. I want you to have a topic sentence for each paragraph you write. Of course, grammar and spelling should be perfect. Here is your list of questions:

1. Why would Alice say, "I have a right to think?"
2. What is a mock turtle?
3. What does the"Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves" mean?
4. What is a gryphon and where does it come from? You may need to research this question.
5. Why was Alice holding a flamingo?
6. What does Alice think makes people hot tempered? Why?
7. Why is there a mustard mine.
   
8. Is the Duchess Alice's friend?
9. Why does the Queen always yell, "Off with their head" if she never executes anyone? Why would anyone be afraid of her.
   
10. What does "Birds of a feather flock together, mean?
11. Was the gryphon in school with the mock turtle underwater? How could that happen?
12. How do the constant stream of morals the Duchess cites fit into the story?
13. Why would someone want to learn Uglification?
14. Why is the Mock Turtle crying? What is the source of his sorrow?

Posts are due tomorrow along with three comments to other's posts. Each comment you make should be followed with a question. Once again, I am allowing more time in order for you to increase the thoroughness of your posts and comments. Points will be awarded for establishing meaningful dialog in the comments section.