Alice Gets Wet [1384] Mp4 • Limited

: The Mouse attempts to dry them by telling the "driest" story he knows—a boring, factual account of William the Conqueror.

: When the story fails, the Dodo suggests a Caucus-race , where everyone runs in a circle with no clear start or end until they are physically dry. Critical Essay Themes Alice Gets Wet [1384] mp4

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , Alice becomes "wet" after falling into the —a body of water she inadvertently created while crying when she was nine feet tall. : The Mouse attempts to dry them by

: The Mouse’s "dry" history lesson satirizes Victorian education, suggesting that rote memorization of facts is useless for solving real-world, practical problems. : The Mouse’s "dry" history lesson satirizes Victorian

: This scene is a linguistic pun. The Mouse uses the academic definition of "dry" (boring or spiritless), which fails to solve the physical problem of being soaked in water.

Chapter II. The Pool of Tears — Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland