The Looking Glass Wars Essays

  • The Looking Glass Wars

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    The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor was a book that took a different angle at the classic story of Alice in Wonderland. The book was not just a lighthearted, wacky story about an English girl that stumbles down a rabbit hole and ends up in a world with talking caterpillars known as Wonderland. She is Wonderland’s heir to the throne and her mother, Genevieve, is the queen. Genevieve’s sister, Redd, is bent on revenge after being kicked out of the castle. She storms the castle and forcefully takes

  • Essay On The Looking Glass Wars

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    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

  • The Looking Glass Wars And Alice In Wonderland And Through The Looking Glass

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    In the Looking Glass Wars and Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, both Alyss and Alice are innocent, immature little girls who are just trying to understand the world around them. Because of their age they are very curious and they satisfy this curiosity by exploring. While they are exploring new things, it requires them to adapt to different lifestyles, which help them to better understand themselves and grow wiser. They are energetic and ready to have fun; however their adventures

  • Analyzing Alyss 'Looking Glass Wars'

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    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

  • Looking Glass Wars Character Analysis

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    personality depends on who they are around and where they live. Authors can use certain literary techniques to signal these changes that are happening in the character. Beddor illustrates in the Looking Glass Wars how these changes are important to what someone will do with their life. In the Looking Glass Wars, Beddor uses diction, imagery, and details to show how the main character, Alyss is changing. In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as bratty, imaginative, and a little too

  • The Looking Glass Wars Character Analysis

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    Fiction storytellers use things like conflicts, diction, and imagery to add a better description to a book. Most of these examples also hook the reader to want to learn more. The mood of a story is also revealed when using this examples. In The Looking Glass Wars Beddor uses conflicts and challenges to inform the reader about Alyss’ characteristics. In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as dependent, loving, and imaginative. Throughout the story these traits mature and Alyss becomes

  • Beddor's Changing Characters In The Looking Glass Wars

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    change people? Rites of passages change people because it challenges them to grow more as a person and to achieve what they want. In literature, authors use rites of passages to change characters. Beddor does this with his character Alyss. In The Looking Glass Wars, Beddor uses his character Alyss, and puts her through things to help her mature and grow as she gets older. In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as lazy, invidious, and mischievous. Alyss thinks that she does not need any

  • Good And Evil In Frank Beddor's The Looking Glass Wars

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    In the book The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, Wonderland changes. The fight between Good and Evil starts when Redd attacks. Alyss escapes Redd without her knowing that she is gone. Redd believes she has one once and for all when all of a sudden Alyss appears alive in Wonderland and is growing in strength and comes to reclaim her queendom. By having Alyss come back years later Beddor shows how in good vs. evil good will always come back and beat evil. Beddor shows this when Alyss first leaves

  • The Looking Glass Wars Analysis

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    In The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, the sweet nonsensical story of Alice in Wonderland is retold in an interestingly strange way that includes everything from war and rebellion, to love. Towards the beginning of the story Alyss is forced to leave Wonderland after having her castle ambushed by her evil Aunt Redd. Hatter Madigan, her mother’s trusted bodyguard, is told by Queen Genevieve herself to look after the young princess but is separated from her when they enter the Pool of Tears. He

  • Looking Glass Wars Quotes

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    Looking Glass Wars By frank Beddor Is the ‘true’ story of Alice and Wonderland. This book is about a princess named Alyss Heart whose life changes when her evil aunt Redd kills her mother and she gets stuck in the real world. She has to get back to Wonderland and defeat her aunt Redd who now is queen. The purpose of this paper is to talk about one of the many themes in this book. This essay will talk about In my opinion the most important theme of this book heroism. A character that shows Heroism

  • Themes In The Looking Glass Wars

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    In Frank Beddor’s The Looking Glass Wars, There is a new take on the story of alice and wonderland. In the story alyss, the princess of wonderland has to flee her queendom after her evil aunt redd attacks and is split up with her guard. After that she falls in a portal and ends up surprisingly in England, though it would take almost 13 years, alyss would return to wonderland to fight for her throne as rightful queen. The authors change in the story makes the book have significance as well there are

  • The Looking Glass Wars Conflict Analysis

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    In The Looking Glass Wars, Frank Beddor uses conflict to transform Alyss from a naïve, mischievous, and endearing little girl into an imaginative, disciplined, and confident young woman so that she could lead the Alyssians in an attempt to defeat Redd and take back her queendom. Alyss starts off the book as a seven-year old girl about to start training to become queen some day. Towards the end of the book Alyss will conquer the Looking Glass Maze and go on to defeat Redd. The reader will understand

  • Character Analysis: The Looking Glass Wars

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    In Frank Beddors, “The Looking Glass Wars” a lot of things happen that are bad. There are lots of good things too. The story is about the “Myth” of Alice Liddell stepping through a looking glass into Wonderland. The topic of this essay is the Truth of the story. The purpose of this paper is how Loyal or devoted some people are to white imagination One of the characters that shows his loyalty to the queendom is Hatter Madigan. At the beginning of the story Hatter Madigan jumps into the pool

  • Frank Beddor's The Looking Glass Wars

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    In Frank Beddor’s book The Looking Glass Wars, the tale of Alice in Wonderland is told from the perspective of Princess Alyss Heart. She is forced to evacuate from her home because of her evil aunt Redd’s attack on the queendom and ends up alone in London, but is found and brought back to the queendom to take her spot as the queen. Beddor provides many different themes that go on throughout the book, and one of them is “don’t give up hope”. Evidence of this being a theme is proved by the actions

  • Alyss 'Change In The Looking Glass Wars'

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    Title How do rites of passage change people? Rites of passages are changes or transitions in someone’s life. They change people's personality and enters people into the next stage of their life. In The Looking Glass Wars, Alyss is not only changed as a person, but her imagination changes as she grows older. Beddor uses rites of passages to reveal Alyss’s character changing. In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as irresponsible, immature, and silly. On Alyss’s seventh

  • Themes In Frank Beddor's The Looking Glass Wars

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    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

  • Summary Of The Looking Glass Wars By Frank Beddor

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    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

  • Perseverance In Frank Beddor's The Looking Glass Wars

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    In Frank Beddor’s, The Looking Glass Wars, the original story of Alice in Wonderland is twisted from what we have always known. Not an inquizitive girl in London, Alyss is princess of Wonderland. Though she is soon forced to leave due to her Aunt Redd’s return to take over the queendom, she will soon return to take it back. Beddor frequently proposes that perseverance is the answer to regaining the queendom and conquering other obstacles along the way. This is evident in the actions of Alyss Heart

  • Analysis Of Alyss In The Looking Glass Wars By Frank Beddor

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    amount of time? But, just because you are immature, ingenious, or troublesome does not mean you cannot do something you and your friends want you to do. Alyss in the Looking Glass Wars is having a very similar problem or situation, she is a very immature child, but she grows up to be a very responsible queen. In the Looking Glass Wars, Frank Beddor uses a lot of imagery to reveal the theme, which is Alyss trying to become queen and the struggles to get there. In the beginning of the novel, Alyss

  • Princess Alyss In The Looking Glass Wars By Frank Beddor

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    The Looking Glass Wars Essay 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. In the beginning