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Harriet The Spy: Music Analysis

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“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot--And whether pigs have wings.” The first time I heard these lines I was watching one of my favorite films Harriet the Spy, as a fifth grader. It has been one of those whispering winds in the back of my mind and until recently I could not put it into perspective what it meant as a literary juxtapose and as my personal interpretation. To the perusing eye this may seem like playful banter leaving the lips of an aquatic murmurer in hopes of distracting his prey into submission, however, I internalize this warm folly as a call to action of inevitable fate. It has been said that Lewis Carroll…show more content…
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