Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "and when i found the door was locked, i pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked. and when i found the door was shut, i tried to turn the handle, but –” there was a long pause. "is that all? ” alice timidly asked. "that's all,” said humpty dumpty. "good-bye.” which idea does this excerpt support? alice is not very skilled at understanding poetry. the rules of the looking-glass land can be strange. alice finds it hard to communicate in the looking-glass land. humpty dumpty is a nursery-rhyme character.