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[Rose]

Alice in Wonderland - Chapter 6 – Pig and Pepper
Written by Rose
 
At the front door a fish messenger knocks on the door, telegram in hand and a frog servant answers. The telegram is an invitation to play croquet. Crazy noises are heard from inside, plates fly from inside past the fish messenger.
 
Alice decides to go inside and passes the front man at the door and enters a kitchen where she finds the Duchess nursing a baby, a cook over the stove putting too much pepper in the pot and a large Cheshire cat grinning from ear to ear.
 
Everyone was sneezing from the pepper except for the cook. The Duchess acts meanly towards Alice, as the cook starts throwing pans and dishes at the Duchess and the baby. The baby howls at the dishes are thrown. Suddenly, the Duchess throws the baby at Alice stating she needs to get ready for croquet match with the Queen. Alice decides to take the baby out of the house for safety reasons and leaves. Outside, while pondering what took place, the baby turns into a pig and Alice sets it down to run free.
 
The Cheshire cat appears in a tree next to her and Alice asks which direction she should take. The Cheshire Cat tells her the way for the direction to Mad Hatter and to the March Hare and tells her they are both mad. The Cat asks if she shall play croquet with the queen, advising her he shall be there and vanishes. Alice decides to go in the direction of the March Hare. Before entering Alice munches some mushrooms to grow again.
 
Questions:
 
Why do you think the cook kept throwing dishes at the Duchess and the baby?
 
Why did the Duchess call Alice a pig?  How strange then that the baby turned into a pig later on? Is there a correlation or just coincidence?
 
Why do you think the Duchess kept shaking the baby after the end of each lullaby?
 
What other oddities or curiosities did you notice in this chapter?
 
What part of this chapter was your favorite? What about favorite quotes?
 
Is there anything you’d like to discuss about this chapter?
 
Quotes:
 
Alice: “Oh, there’s no use talking to him, he’s perfectly idiotic”. – Pg. 50
 
Duchess: “You don’t know much and that’s a fact.” – Pg. 52

[elizabeth]

Why do you think the cook kept throwing dishes at the Duchess and the baby?
Because he was mad like everyone else in this story.

Why did the Duchess call Alice a pig?  How strange then that the baby turned into a pig later on? Is there a correlation or just coincidence?
I don't know why the Duchess called ALice a pig, but I think it is a correlation

Why do you think the Duchess kept shaking the baby after the end of each lullaby?
I honestly have no idea. Maybe because the song called for her  to beat her baby....not sure.

What other oddities or curiosities did you notice in this chapter?
The whole chapter was odd. The Cheshire cat, the footman, the baby...

What part of this chapter was your favorite? What about favorite quotes?
I liked the parts with the Cheshire cat.
Favorite quote: "'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice. 'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here."