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In the poem “Alice” by Shel Silverstein, many interpretations can be made about how to be different than other people. To begin the author uses a hyperbole, when he states “and she grew so tall\ down she shrank so small” (Silverstein 2.) The author might have used these to give a sense of risk-taking in the text to show that she actually was gargantuan after she drank the drink called drink me, then shrank down after she ate from the plate called taste me. And at the end of the poem, Shel wrote “ and so she changed, while other folks tried nothin’ at all” (Silverstein 5-6.) This could be implied to our theme; Do lots in your life and take lots of risks, because it's better to do something than nothing at all.

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