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She has walked all over it,
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in the freedom carved out by her insanity.
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One thing that's interesting about Alice is that she--
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despite her insanity, seeming insanity--is the one
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most in control of her language.
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She is the most successful storyteller in this novel.
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So, if you think of other alternatives, Moses--
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He tells Caldonia stories
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that finally fail to persuade her imagination
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that any slave she owns could be free.
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We're told explicitly, as Calvin tries to persuade her
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at the end of the novel, that it's her failure of imagination