Since Alice had eaten the cake that had said 'Eat me', Alice grew about 9 feet tall so she could reach the key. Now that she could reach it, she could go into the door she was curious about, only she was way to big to fit in. She soon began to cry, making a pool on the ground 4 inches deep. Soon enough, she sees the rabbit making a fuss about his Duchess, and how upset she will be with him. He soon throws down a set of white gloves and a fan. Alice picks up both objects, talking to herself about nonsense until she realizes that the fan was helping her shrink. She then throws down the fan so she won't disappear into nothing. Yet again, Alice left the key on the table top and was now swimming and trying to figure out how to get into the garden she saw. A mouse swims by her, and Alice tries talking to her, and offends her twice with cats and dogs. Nonetheless, the mouse and Alice soon swim their way to shore where they meet a duck, a dodo, a leary, an eaglet and many other interesting creatures.
While reading this chapter, I began to wonder what the key to open up the door to the beautiful garden on the other side meant. I was wondering if perhaps the author was trying to portray his own feelings of longing for happiness. Alice felt distraught because she was growing and shrinking, but not grabbing the key to unlock the door. Sometimes people don't grasp on every oppurtunity handed to them, therefore maybe regret in their future. Possible oppurtunities could be what the key stands for, and the door is a happy future. The book never says if she opened the door, only that she swam to shore with the mouse, so I am not sure if she ever reaches the garden, but that she is saved from another being. If she had stayed in the pool, she would have eventually drowned. So the mouse, in my opinion, symbolizes a purpose or a being to pull somebody out of a path to their demise. Maybe the author never reached his garden, but a simple mouse in his life may have pulled him from a bad path getting worse.
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