Paper Topic

For my paper, I would like to focus on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as a breakthrough for children's literature. Before the creation of Alice, children's literature was brutal, morbid, and kind of scary. The stories were created to teach the children a lesson or scare them out of doing things that were frowned upon. Alice gave children a story to read that wouldn't give them nightmares, but instead allow them to use their imaginations. Without Alice, I feel as though children's literature would not have started to head in the direction of Disney type of stories and nursery rhymes.

The Alchemist

I have noticed that in this section Santiago has become more confident and aware of his place in the world. He is no longer wandering about aimlessly and trusting everyone he meets. He started to take charge by suggesting different ways of furthering the success of the crystal merchant's business. He also began speaking out more about his personal legend. It seems like he is almost warning the people around him about the legend. I can't really tell if it is a way of bragging or a way of protecting the people around him.