Which Alyss is which?
Would you change if the circumstances around you change before your eyes? Five out of seven people said that if they were on a no sweets diet and a box of donuts appeared and no one was around they will eat the whole box. You see these people admitted that if there environment changed they would change in an instant. In the book The Looking Glass Wars the author Beddor changes Alyss’ life in the blink of an eye. In the looking glass wars, Beddor uses imagery and diction to show how Alyss has changed throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel, Beddor characterized Alyss as a spoiled, lovable, and caring princess. The narrator asserts“Even in her thought, his daughter a delightful creature (Beddor 24). King Nolan
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Prince Leopold is noting things he thinks makes Alyss special. The author conceded that her Beauty was undeniable and that Prince Leopold thought her a delectable puzzle creature. Although Beddor conceded that Alyss is beautiful he also writes about how mature she is according to (Beddor 98). The author implies that Alyss has matured over the years by saying “She would not allow herself to think of him. She had to be realistic the marriage would please her mother. She would do it for her mother,for her family's sake. Alyss has grown up and is now basing her decisions, not from what would make her happy, but what would make her mother happy and that is hard for her. So when Alyss says “The marriage would please her mother”(Beddor 98). She is really trying to convince herself that marrying Prince Leopold is the right thing to do. Despite the fact that, Beddor implies that Alyss is mature he also suggest that she is well-mannered. On page (90 and 97 Beddor) suggests that Alyss is well-mannered by allowing Alyss to say “Yes Mother...Yes father” and “If you think it’s best your highness”. Alyss says “Yes mother” and “Yes Father because she has just realized that she will not be returning home. Since Alyss realized that she will never return to wonderland she decides to make the most of what she got by being nice to the …show more content…
With a sweep on a hand, the miniature replicas launched themselves into the vulnerable spots of every single card soldier, each of them folded, no longer a menace.” (Beddor 173). Alyss has just gotten out of the maze and as her first duty she stops the enemy from harming the Alyssians. When Beddor describes alyss banging her scepter on the floor it is as if alyss has reach her full potential. Alyss might be describe as powerful but with power comes grave responsibility. ‘“Our objective is to remove Redd from power” Alyss said loud enough for Dodge to hear. Our objective is the heart crystal, not vengeance”’ After Alyss has came out of the maze. She realizes that vengeances isn’t the way and she tries to warn Dodge. When Alyss says.“... heart crystal, not vengeance” she is say to dodge to let him that know that if you let vengeances run your life, than you are no different from the cat. Even though she is characterized to be Powerful and responsible it takes a great ordeal of bravery to stand up to her aunt and do what she thought was right. Beddor writes “I’ve finished running from you, Redd. It’s time for you to run” Alyss has becomes aware of the fact that she does have
In Frank Beddor’s book The Looking Glass Wars it retells the story of Alice in Wonderland and makes it its own new book. In this version, Alyss is the princess of Wonderland, but when her Aunt Redd who was banished from the Queendom attacks Wonderland and makes everything evil Alyss must run away with Hatter Madigan. After she ran away from Wonderland when she was seven she ended up in England. After she made it back from England she returned to Wonderland to fight Redd and her army. In this book Beddor provides many themes throughout the book that mean a lot to the characters and how they act. For example, good conquers all is evident from the actions of Genevieve, Alyss, and Hatter Madigan.
People change everyday, whether it is from good to bad or for the better. People often say to themselves, maybe, if I didn't do “blank” this wouldn't have happened. However, the reality is, it happened, and there is no way to change that. Why go around throwing maybe’s around if you cannot change it? Authors purposefully make readers ask those questions. Authors love to create complex characters, characters that go through change. In Ellen Hopkins’ book, Crank, is the perfect example. Ellen Hopkins writes from her own daughter's perspective, Kristina, on how “the monster” changed her own life and her family's life.
Alyss has changed and transformed throughout this novel. Alyss was introduced as a mischievous little girl playing pranks. Throughout the novel she learns how to become a strong proper young lady. Alyss went through many obstacles to prepare her for battle. In The Looking Glass Wars, Frank Beddor uses conflict to transform a naive, mischievous, and endearing little girl into a confident, leading, and boss so she can save the queendom from Redd’s rule.
Throughout the book Alyce proves to be a very empathetic and caring young girl. One of the times Alyce shows her empathy, the Midwife was trying to help a woman give birth, but the lady was having some trouble and Jane tried so much that in the end she just gave up to go help someone else she knew would pay her more, deciding to abandon the woman who was in need of help. Alyce decided that it wasn’t fair, and that a lady shouldn’t be left like that when she needed help, “The memory of the proud, frightened, Joan of a moment ago kept her there. And she asked herself, What would the midwife so if she were here? … Alyce took a deep breath and returned to Joan’s side” (59), so she decided to help Joan even though the midwife was too selfish to do so. Alyce also respects the people who don’t respect her, so when the village boys that had recently stopped teasing her were doing something that would have definitely gotten them in trouble if the midwife had seen them, she knew they’d have been in trouble so she went up to the midwife and talked to her to hold her off so the boys could get away. Alyce likes helping people that need help when no one else will help them, for example when she’s found a job at an inn after she’s given up her career as a midwife’s apprentice and a few people ride to the inn asking for help because they claim the lord’s wife is being eaten by a stomach worm but Alyce immediately realizes the lady is pregnant and decides to help her even though she’s a bit uncertain at first because of her recent failure.
When she enters London, she changes into her own person who makes her own decisions. Alyss says, “Yes, it was a solution: Give up her so-called ridiculous, fantastical delusions and enter wholeheartedly into the world around her. Become just like everyone else.” (Beddor 89) Alyss was first being thought of as a crazy person with a story that no one believed. Then, she finally gave in to the people around her and agrees with them. She thinks that being like “everyone else” is the solution to her problem. When Alyss sees Dodge for the first time in 13 years, she thinks, “It couldn’t have been him. The man with the scars. It couldn’t have. He didn’t exist.” (Beddor 116) Since Alyss had become free from her fantasy world, she was overwhelmed when she first saw Dodge. Even though she had forgotten her past life, the memory of Dodge was still there. Her mixed emotions and memories of Dodge caused internal conflict within Alyss: “And as she torpedoed up toward the surface, having worked impossibly hard to convince herself that the place about to be seen by her disbelieving eyes didn’t exist, she said the man’s name- Dodge Anders- and water filled her lungs.” (Beddor 120) Alyss tried convincing herself Wonderland did not exist, as she went through the Pool of Tears, but she knew it was real. The only reason she let go of Wonderland is because she wanted to fit in with her other world.
To prove that she is loyal to White imagination here is a quote from the book. “But she had caught it; the crystal cube was safe.” This quote represents Alyss saving the looking glass maze cube from hitting the ground and cracking. If it cracked it would be broken forever, never allowing the queens that come after Alyss to go through the maze. Another example of Alyss’ loyalty would be when she went into the maze to become the warrior queen that she had to become to save the queendom. “Do i kill or...but what’s to be done with her if I don’t? She’ll pose a threat as long as she lives.” In this quote Alyss struggles with how to handle her aunt. She shows loyalty to the queendom by thinking about getting rid of her aunt for the better of the land. She said that she would pose a threat as long as she lives. What that means is that it would be threatening the queendom if she does not kill her. This shows she is pretty loyal to white imagination/queendom.
In The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, the story of alice in wonderland is modified and changed to where Alyss is the Princess of Wonderland, who is forced to leave wonderland when her evil Aunt Redd takes over and kills alyss’ parents. When hatter madigan and alyss are separated in the pool of tears, Alyss ends up alone in England. Eventually returning to take back her throne. When changing the story he developed new themes like how Dodge, Jack of Diamonds, and Alyss can not stay children forever.
In short, Alymer tries to play God by ridding Georgiana of her original sin, and make a perfect being. But no mortal can be perfect, and no mortal can not have original sin. Thus when the experiment works, Georgiana achieves perfection and can no longer be a mortal, thus she dies.
In how many ways can a person change in the course of one novel? They can change a great deal. Alyss changed from rebellious and mischievous to beautiful and well-educated to. People change in many ways, some you can expect and some you just don’t understand.
One of them even said, “‘If we are successful against Redd, no one can say that our success is without sacrifice. But I sometimes wonder if it has required too much of us.’” (302) Alyss used her imagination to defeat Redd and defeated her for the good of the kingdom, not revenge. After Redd’s rule was over, Alyss proclaimed, “‘It will be rebuilt,’ she said. Dodge nodded. ‘No one will be forgotten, Dodge. Not Sir Justice, not the lowliest card soldier, no one.’” (357) Overall, Alyss had gained all of the responsibility she needed in order to be a wonderful ruler of Wonderland. She had gained a lot of responsibility from her adventure and all of her responsibility was
My family isn 't like the Walls family because my parents would never treat my sister and I like their parents treated them, my family and I have a decent living situation, and we would never hurt any animal. From the beginning, Rex and Rose Mary treated their kids wrong and didn 't take responsibility as parents. Every child deserves a loving home and should never have to worry if they are going to eat that night. West Virginia also seemed a lot different then because the laws are more strict now. The way the Walls are, they would get in trouble for the way they treated their kids, animals, and even their living space. "Mom always said people worry too much about their children. Suffering when you 're young is good for you, she said. It immunized
Everyone goes through a time where they wish they were a different person. Many people believe that they can never change who they are. However, transformations occur every day. Emily Bronte proves this true in her novel Wuthering Heights. Throughout the entire plot, numerous characters changed, either in their appearance, their social status, or their personality. Bronte also proves that non-human things can change, such as the manner of Wuthering Heights. The idea that people and objects can transform is shown throughout the novel through many examples.
In the 20th century the social psychologist Charles H. Cooley developed this idea of a looking glass. Basically, this idea of a looking-glass is that people derive value from what others think instead of what you think about yourself. The three fundamental points of this idea are: how one’s image appears to others, how one imagines the judgment of appearances, and how one develops the “self” through the other’s judgments. Mai-Anh Tran’s decision to undergo cosmetic surgery may have been her own decision, but it was guided by how others viewed her.
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor is the backstory of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. In this story, Alyss isn’t from London. She’s the princess of Wonderland and she was ordered to go into hiding when her evil aunt Redd planned to take over the queendom that was Queen Genevieve's. Hatter Madigan was ordered by the queen to keep Alyss safe. They escaped into the Pool of Tears and they ended up in London and France. Alyss’ imagination starts to fade when she arrives in London and she gets adopted into a family in London. She still believed in Wonderland when everyone else thought she was just telling stories. Beddor puts this story in a different perspective showing how belief plays a huge role (good or bad) in the actions of Genevieve, Redd, and Alyss.
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