In Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland, Alice is curious, well-
mannered, and confused while she tries to find her way out of Wonderland.
Alice meets many unique and weird creatures which eventually help her
escape wonderland. Alice shows that she is curious through her actions. At
the beginning of the book Alice gets distracted from her "boring" work, and
chases a white rabbit down a hole. This excerpt describes Alices curiosity,
"Alice started to her feet, for it flashed in her mind that she had never
before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket". When Alice is at the
bottom of the hole she find a bottle labeled "Drink Me", she wants to see
what it tastes like, this excerpt describes the event "...this bottle was
not marked `poison', so Alice ventured to taste it, finding it very nice".
Another instant that shows her curiosity when she looks for the white
rabbits fan and gloves, she finds a bottle, this time there was no table,
"There was no label this......
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