I finally finished all my Alices all of them, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and Alice in Sunderland. It went a lot faster then I thought it would and I enjoyed reading them more then I thought I would as well.

I also just finished the second book, The Subtle Knife, in the Dark Materials book and I think I know why Sexson picked these books. During class we have talked about what is a book, what is a child and what is nature. We talked about when a child becomes and adult and the changes in that person. These ideas are in everyone of the books that we have read in class. The entire Dark Materials book is about children becoming adults and the loss of innocence and how it ties to the fall of man. The name Sunderland has even come up a couple times in the Subtle Knife. It was crazy, it was about 3 in the morning and I am completely taken up by this book unable to put it down when everything starts to come together. All of the questions we have talked about in class start being asked in the book. I am also coming real close to understanding what Dust is. First I thought Dust was something good but now I am questioning whether it is or not.

And also I guess that the fact that as a Christian I would be a little biased on whether or not Dust is a good thing. I suppose I see dust as something that initiated the fall of man and I would see that as a bad thing so its strange to think of it being something good. I am conflicted as to whether or not I want Lord Asriel to complete his mission. At first I thought he was a good guy then all of a sudden he does something horrible and then people are on his side and trying to help him. I think that the Amber Spyglass will help answer a few questions but along the way I keep making random assumptions that keep getting shot down.