Drinking The Bottle In Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland

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In the excerpt from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Alice decides to take drink from the bottle that clearly says "DRINK ME". Though Alice's thoughts seemed candid at the time, they came out to be completely obscure considering they were not entirely logical. Most of Alice’s assumptions were correct to a fault. For example, Alice’s reasoning not to drink the bottle is merely because it does not have the word “poison” on it. She knew that poison is often marked, but failed to acknowledge that if someone were trying to harm her, they would not mention it. Alice has never tried to consume poison, because if she had she would not be alive. While drinking the bottle, Alice finds the taste to be pleasing, and proceeds to believe it is not bad

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