Paper Topic

My research paper topic deals with both "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Alchemist". I am comparing the similarities and differences between the dreams that go on in both books. In "Alice in Wonderland" her dream was the story throughout the book. Alice was dreaming the whole time and met some pretty interesting characters throughout the way. In "The Alchemist", however, Santiago had a dream about finding a treasure by the Pyramids of Egypt. He is not dreaming throughout the book, but he decides to pursue the dream and follow his personal legend. My research question is "What were the differences between Alice's and Santiago's dreams, and what did each of them learn from their dreams?"