Alice leaves Humpty Dumpty in this passage because he stops communicating with her. After she objects to his idea about the placement of facial features, he shuts his eyes and does not engage with her further, leading her to say "Good-bye!" and walk away when she receives no response.
Read this passage from Through the Looking-Glass.
"That’s just what I complain of,” said Humpty Dumpty. "Your face is the same as everybody has—the two eyes, so—” (marking their places in the air with this thumb) "nose in the middle, mouth under. It’s always the same. Now if you had the two eyes on the same side of the nose, for instance—or the mouth at the top—that would be some help.”
"It wouldn’t look nice,” Alice objected. But Humpty Dumpty only shut his eyes and said, "Wait till you’ve tried.”
Alice waited a minute to see if he would speak again, but as he never opened his eyes or took any further notice of her, she said "Good-bye!” once more, and, getting no answer to this, she quietly walked away.
Why does Alice leave Humpty Dumpty in this passage?
because she is ashamed of him
because she wants to be cruel to him
because he stops communicating with her
because he laughs at her appearance
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