“‘Then it wasn’t very civil for you to offer it [they offered her wine],’ said Alice Angrily. ‘It wasn’t very civil of you to sit down without being invited,’ said the Mare Hare” (Carroll 59). Here we see that two adults, The Hatter and the March Hare, have offered wine to Alice, a seven year old girl, who is clearly too young to drink. But in the sentence before this quotation we find out there was not any wine to begin with. The March Hare this information relates that to Alice sitting down at the table without an invitation. From this point on, Alice and the Hatter continued to argue back and forth about proper manners. “‘Nobody asked your opinion,’ said Alice. ‘Who’s making personal remarks now? The Hatter said triumphantly” (Carroll 63).
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The Hatter continues to mock her like a child, and when she tries to stand up for herself she is knocked back down by him. However that could be a result of “...Alice’s literal-minded common sense, serves to remind us that no matter how appealing some of the creatures’ lifestyle are, any sensible child her age must see it all as silly behaviour by grown-ups” (Henkle 172). Many actions that adults perform seem strange to children, for example drinking coffee. It is not sweet nor does it smell very good yet, adults still drink it and children continue to question them as to why they do. They are not aware it helps them to wake up and or to stay awake. “We believe that the Mad Tea-Party is a parody of unequal sharing” (Jones & Gladstone 188). Ever since Alice sat down she has not had a drop of tea up to this point or event after it. The “adults,” the Mad-Hatter and the March Hare, dictates when and how much (if any) that Alice gets to say and drink. The Mad Hatter's behaviour makes Alice begin to question if it was a good idea to join the adults for
The Hatter continues to mock her like a child, and when she tries to stand up for herself she is knocked back down by him. However that could be a result of “...Alice’s literal-minded common sense, serves to remind us that no matter how appealing some of the creatures’ lifestyle are, any sensible child her age must see it all as silly behaviour by grown-ups” (Henkle 172). Many actions that adults perform seem strange to children, for example drinking coffee. It is not sweet nor does it smell very good yet, adults still drink it and children continue to question them as to why they do. They are not aware it helps them to wake up and or to stay awake. “We believe that the Mad Tea-Party is a parody of unequal sharing” (Jones & Gladstone 188). Ever since Alice sat down she has not had a drop of tea up to this point or event after it. The “adults,” the Mad-Hatter and the March Hare, dictates when and how much (if any) that Alice gets to say and drink. The Mad Hatter's behaviour makes Alice begin to question if it was a good idea to join the adults for