Branches Book

BRANCHES

he is trying to help Alice navigate Wonderland or if he is playing tricks on her. The deception comes in other clear forms such as, the constant changing of heights and the baby really being a pig. But it also appears when the reader cannot tell between what is part of the story and what is a poem or story being recited by Alice. Throughout the novel, but especially towards the beginning, Alice recites to herself stories and rhymes (that are in themselves complicated and contain plays on words) in order to make sure she is not going crazy. She is trying to prove to herself that she still has these “basic nursery rhymes” memorized. These rhymes can go on for pages, leaving me to wonder if it is something that is happening or being told in a rhyme or a tale Alice is trying to recite. These factors are meaningful to me. I like to have to think and discover while reading, making all of the elements of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland stand out to me even more. Clearly there are elements that keep me coming back to this novel. And now I’ve written about them. I still don’t know why I love it so much. But I guess I can defend it. Passion. Well at least it’s clear I’m passionate about this novel. Author’s Statement: Summer Wilson The process of writing begins with deciding to write. In turn deciding that you have something you want to put down on paper. I did not get to make that decision, and frankly did not want to write anything. Especially something that was being advertised as my passion and to be published. I intended this project to be an exploration of the writing process. From the point of the first idea to the push to get it published. I started wondering about the desire to write, having other people read it, and getting it published. I originally thought of it as egotistical. You really think your story is that unique and well written it deserves to be read by others? I also recognize the inaccuracies of this judgment. When fun or funny things happen to me, my first inclination is that I want to share it with others, have them share in my endeavors as well as react to my tales. Perhaps it’s human instinct. After a while, I switched my focus to what makes literature impactful. What makes literature meaningful to me. I chose my favorite story and decided to free write with the intention of finding the reason why I continually come back to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Through refining I finally present to you what is now going to be known as my “Passion Project.” In this project, I took the elements of literature that I found important and essential to any great piece of writing and applied them to Alice in Wonderland. I dissected the different aspects of this book and was

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