Reading Notes: Alice in Wonderland (Part B)

Finishing up the reading for this week, I realized that I should have read this book ages ago.  I absolutely love the story and I really love Carroll's writing style.  I did a little Wiki Trail over this week's reading when I first started reading the book and found some interesting facts about Lewis Carroll and allusions to his real life in the book.  I am so glad I did that research before reading, because it was neat finding the characters in the book that had deeper meaning.

The Mad Hatter by Sir John Tenniel

My favorite part of the book was the chapter about A Mad Tea-Party.  All of the characters in Carroll's book are so colorful, but none compare to the Mad Hatter and his party.  I just love how ridiculous everything is and I kept picturing the animated characters from Disney's version.  I think for a story this week, it would be fun to do something with the tea party.  Either rewriting the characters into a different setting or creating new characters at the party.  Both ideas would be so much fun to write.

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