Stranded in another world, how would you feel? Stranded without anyone you know, no friends and no family just strangers that treat you coldly and do not believe that where you come from is a real place. This is what had happened to Alyss Heart, a poor 7 year-old little girl. This book will tell you all about how this event had changed Alyss’ life forever and affected her life in her other world. In The Looking Glass Wars, Beddor uses imagery and Alyss’ actions to reveal how she changes throughout the story. In the beginning of The Looking Glass Wars novel Alyss’ character is described as gifted, precocious and altruistic. The author shows how Alyss is gifted and precocious by stating that “Imagination was an important part
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She had been living in the real world for so long she had told herself that Wonderland is not real. Due to her not believing in her real home and thinking it was all a sham, she stopped using her once very powerful imagination and lost it. Alyss had forgotten who she was and her mother specifically said “Never forget who you are”(Beddor 90). Alyss had ignored her mother’s wise words by acting like her sisters and everyone around her. Her family in the real world had “immediately noticed a change in Alyss” but they could not pinpoint what exactly had changed about her (Beddor 90). Little did they know that Alyss had changed her whole perspective on life. She did not think of Wonderland anymore, she thought about the world she was in and how she could please her mother and father. She completely blocked Wonderland out and she stopped trying to get back home. She gave up all hope of getting home and declaring her rightful place on the throne. In chapter 28 Dodge came to bring Alyss back to Wonderland, so Alyss can save the Wonderlanders and Wonderland. When Alyss saw Dodge’s face her thoughts were “It couldn’t have been him. The man with the scars. He couldn’t have. He didn’t exist” (Beddor 116), by Alyss thinking this it proves that she has truly tried to forget her old life, but she cannot completely forget seven years. Alyss’ changes will make it hard for her to accept that Wonderland is actually real when Dodge comes to take her
She had been living in the real world for so long she had told herself that Wonderland is not real. Due to her not believing in her real home and thinking it was all a sham, she stopped using her once very powerful imagination and lost it. Alyss had forgotten who she was and her mother specifically said “Never forget who you are”(Beddor 90). Alyss had ignored her mother’s wise words by acting like her sisters and everyone around her. Her family in the real world had “immediately noticed a change in Alyss” but they could not pinpoint what exactly had changed about her (Beddor 90). Little did they know that Alyss had changed her whole perspective on life. She did not think of Wonderland anymore, she thought about the world she was in and how she could please her mother and father. She completely blocked Wonderland out and she stopped trying to get back home. She gave up all hope of getting home and declaring her rightful place on the throne. In chapter 28 Dodge came to bring Alyss back to Wonderland, so Alyss can save the Wonderlanders and Wonderland. When Alyss saw Dodge’s face her thoughts were “It couldn’t have been him. The man with the scars. He couldn’t have. He didn’t exist” (Beddor 116), by Alyss thinking this it proves that she has truly tried to forget her old life, but she cannot completely forget seven years. Alyss’ changes will make it hard for her to accept that Wonderland is actually real when Dodge comes to take her