As you’ve learned, one major theme in the story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is the struggle of leaving childhood behind to become an adult. Keeping this theme in mind, consider how the film and the play reveal this theme. Which version do you believe does a better job of presenting it? Why? Write a paragraph of 75 to 100 words that explains your answer. Be sure to include details from both versions to support your answer.

Both versions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland show Alice’s struggle to keep up with a confusing world. The silent movie reveals this theme through the actions of the characters. The play does it through dialogue and description. I think the drama version does a better job of showing Alice’s struggles. The dialogue makes it easy to understand what Alice experiences. For example, in a scene at end, the play clearly shows how Alice’s thoughts are different from those of the creatures in Wonderland. The description of her arguments with the king and queen show her struggling to make sense of the absurd rules in Wonderland.

Explanation:

When the play begins, Alice is a childish and imaginative girl. She dreams about going through the looking glass and exploring the place behind it. When she actually gets to do it, she realizes that it is not as she imagined it would be. Her common sense makes it difficult for her to understand this odd world. At the end of the story, Alice says that creatures are “nothing but a pack of cards.” This shows that Alice has matured. Alice's confusion in the play is similar to the difficulties a child faces while growing up. The story also suggests that the real world, like Wonderland, is full of crazy rules and confusion. Growing up can be difficult when things in the real world do not make sense.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)