The binary I chose to mess with is my own binary of sense vs. confusion. When Alice meets the Mock Turtle for the first time, she found him sobbing and asked him why.  The Mock Turtle than began telling his story:

“When we were little,” the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, “we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle—we used to call him Tortoise——”

“Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn’t one?” Alice asked.

“We called him Tortoise because he taught us,” said the Mock Turtle angrily: “really you are very dull!”

“You ought to be ashamed of yourself for asking such a simple question,” added the Gryphon; and then they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice, who felt ready to sink into the earth. At last the Gryphon said to the Mock Turtle, “Drive on, old fellow. Don’t be all day about it!”(Carroll,115-116)

I chose this selection because here we find Alice asking what she thought was a perfectly normal question that made sense turning into confusion as she was scolded by the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon causing her to feel embarrassed and singled out. Ironically immediately after Alice’s scolding the Gryphon then hurries the Mock Turtle along with his story after he alleges that Alice is the “dull” one, furthering the sense of confusion.

Carroll, Lewis, John Tenniel, and Lewis Carroll. “Down The Rabbit-Hole.”Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. N. pag. Print