Alice, Tweedledum and Tweedledee all engage in a moral discussion about the poem after it has been recited. Alice springs upon its most obvious and simple moral conclusion by saying that she “like[s] the Walrus best” because “he was a little sorry for the oysters” (Carroll, pg.141). Tweedledee challenges this assertion by revealing that “he ate more than the Carpenter” (Carroll, pg.141). When this changes Alice’s mind, his brother points out that the Carpenter “ate as many as he could get” (Carroll, pg.141). They are then forced to come to the conclusion that both the Carpenter and the Walrus are “very unpleasant characters” (Carroll, pg.141).