# XI: Waking explained — Through the Looking-Glass

> Chapter companion for Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

## What happens

Alice wakes from her dream and realizes the Red Queen was actually her kitten, Kitty, all along. She reflects on the nature of her dream and questions who dreamed whom.

## Themes in this chapter

### Reality and Dreams

Alice questions whether her adventure was real or a dream, blurring the line between the two.

### Identity and Self

Alice's identity is intertwined with her dream, and she ponders who dreamed whom.

## Character check-ins

### Alice

Wakes from her dream and reflects on the experience.

### Kitty

Revealed to be the Red Queen from Alice's dream.

## Key lines

> —and it really was a kitten, after all.

Alice realizes the Red Queen was just her kitten, Kitty.

_The final revelation of the chapter._

## Links

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