The+Mock+Turtle's+Story

The Mock Turtle’s Story  It would seem that in Wonderland there is only one rule: don’t upset the Queen. Anything you say and do could cost your head, if it is not exactly as the Queen wishes. For example, a couple of gardeners were trying to paint a white rose bush red, because they had accidentally planted the wrong color flowers. The Queen’s immediate response to their mistake was, “off with their heads!”  One rule that Alice learned in this chapter, is that pepper makes people hot-tempered, vinegar makes people sour, chamomile makes people bitter, and barley-sugar makes children sweet-tempered. Therefore, she decided that when she grows up she will not have any pepper in her house.  Another rule that Alice learned from the Duchess was that you can find a moral in everything, if you look for it. For example, the duchess said there was a large mustard-mine near there. She followed it up with the moral: the more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.  There were no rules when it came to the Queen’s game of croquet. The arches were made up of humans, who tended to roam around. They were using live flamingos to hit live hedgehogs, who don’t stay rolled up. Everyone was going at once. As long as you didn’t upset the Queen, you could play how you wanted.  Throughout Alice’s journey so far, we have seen that her childhood education has done nothing to help her. She has either forgotten lessons that she learned, or what she thought she knew is now being questioned. Whenever she responds with a seemingly responsible answer, the animals of Wonderland always reply with a statement that goes against what she just said. Although they may not always be right, they do prove that Alice’s education has been worthless.  Some classes that might be in the Mock Turtle’s School include: Mourning and Knight, Sorrowification, and Loyalty. In Mourning and Knight, the students would learn the importance of grief and gallantry. In Sorrowification, the young children would learn to make even the most joyous of circumstances sad. And in Loyalty, the students would learn to do whatever the Queen wanted, when and how she wanted it, thereby saving their heads. The class may also be called Survival.