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ENG2614 Assignment 2 Semester 1 2026 – Due 17 July 2026
Question 1
Read the extract from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll
and then respond to the assignment brief following it in an essay format:
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! “I wonder how
many miles I’ve fallen by this time?” she said aloud. “I must be getting somewhere
near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down,
I think
—” (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons
in the schoolroom, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing
off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice
to say it over) “
— yes, that’s about the right distance
— but then I wonder what
Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?” (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or
Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)
Presently she began again. “I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth!
How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads
downward! The Antipathies, I think
—” (she was rather glad there was no one
listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) “
— but I shall have to
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